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The effects of Medicaid expansion on home production and childcare

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  • Aparna Soni
  • Taryn Morrissey

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Public health insurance programs like Medicaid provide in‐kind resources that may improve health and reduce stress, altering time use patterns. Our study examines the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)‐facilitated Medicaid expansions on time spent on home production and childcare. Using time‐diary data, we estimated difference‐in‐differences models comparing the time use patterns of individuals in states that expanded Medicaid versus non‐expansion states, before and after implementation. Medicaid expansion increased the amount of time low‐income adults spent on home production by 12 min per day (p

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  • Aparna Soni & Taryn Morrissey, 2022. "The effects of Medicaid expansion on home production and childcare," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 88(3), pages 931-950, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:soecon:v:88:y:2022:i:3:p:931-950
    DOI: 10.1002/soej.12554
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