Employment Effects of the ACA Medicaid Expansions
34 Pages Posted: 22 Aug 2016 Last revised: 2 Feb 2023
Date Written: August 2016
Abstract
We examine whether the recent expansions in Medicaid from the Affordable Care Act reduced “employment lock” among childless adults who were previously ineligible for public coverage. We compare employment in states that chose to expand Medicaid versus those that chose not to expand, before and after implementation. We find that although the expansion increased Medicaid coverage by 3.0 percentage points among childless adults, there was no significant impact on employment.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Leung, Pauline and Mas, Alexandre, Employment Effects of the ACA Medicaid Expansions (August 2016). NBER Working Paper No. w22540, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2827458
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