Significant Placebo Results in Difference-in-Differences Analysis: The Case of the ACA’s Parental Mandate
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) lets young adults stay on their parents’ insurance. Several papers use age–time difference-in-differences strategies to argue this causes health insurance and labor effects. I show that difference-in-differences over “placebo” dates also produces statistically significa...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | Eastern economic journal 2017-09, Vol.43 (4), p.580-603 |
|---|---|
| 1. Verfasser: | |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | 603 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 4 |
| container_start_page | 580 |
| container_title | Eastern economic journal |
| container_volume | 43 |
| creator | J G Slusky, David |
| description | The Affordable Care Act (ACA) lets young adults stay on their parents’ insurance. Several papers use age–time difference-in-differences strategies to argue this causes health insurance and labor effects. I show that difference-in-differences over “placebo” dates also produces statistically significant “effects” before ACA implementation, even with conservative adjustments. This suggests the effects attributed to the ACA could instead reflect dynamics in the age-structure of the health insurance and labor markets. Reducing the age bandwidth yields more reliable estimates of the increases in parental and overall insurance coverage. The key problem in this literature is therefore potentially overstating the ACA’s “effects” in other dimensions. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1057/eej.2015.49 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1945380525</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>1945380525</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c400t-73f3c1487c0ecaa9a2b31a629b91ca6e8cdc2bfcffec67ffbc8fa9de743ec8ae3</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNpt0EtOwzAQBmALgUQprLiAJZaQYsfOw-yi8JSKqKCso4k7Li7BKXG66I5rcD1OgqsiwYLVzEiffo1-Qo45G3GWZOeIi1HMeDKSaocMuBIqkqmId8mAMSWjhCXpPjnwfsEYF1yxAXl9snNnjdXgejppQGPd0kf0q6b31Dp6aY3BDp3GyLro9_K0cNCsvfUXdPqCtASPtDW0D3tRFl8fn55OINAeGnoPbgY9HpI9A43Ho585JM_XV9PyNho_3NyVxTjSkrE-yoQRmss80ww1gIK4FhzSWNWKa0gx1zMd10aHV3SaGVPr3ICaYSYF6hxQDMnJNnfZte8r9H21aFddeNdXXMlE5CyJk6BOt0p3rfcdmmrZ2Tfo1hVn1abNKrRZbdqspAr6bKt9UG6O3Z_Mf_g3U-x5Dw</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1945380525</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Significant Placebo Results in Difference-in-Differences Analysis: The Case of the ACA’s Parental Mandate</title><source>Jstor Complete Legacy</source><source>SpringerLink Journals - AutoHoldings</source><creator>J G Slusky, David</creator><creatorcontrib>J G Slusky, David</creatorcontrib><description>The Affordable Care Act (ACA) lets young adults stay on their parents’ insurance. Several papers use age–time difference-in-differences strategies to argue this causes health insurance and labor effects. I show that difference-in-differences over “placebo” dates also produces statistically significant “effects” before ACA implementation, even with conservative adjustments. This suggests the effects attributed to the ACA could instead reflect dynamics in the age-structure of the health insurance and labor markets. Reducing the age bandwidth yields more reliable estimates of the increases in parental and overall insurance coverage. The key problem in this literature is therefore potentially overstating the ACA’s “effects” in other dimensions.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0094-5056</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1939-4632</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1057/eej.2015.49</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>London: Palgrave Macmillan UK</publisher><subject>Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods ; Economics ; Economics and Finance ; Health insurance ; Insurance coverage ; Labor market ; Original Article ; Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US</subject><ispartof>Eastern economic journal, 2017-09, Vol.43 (4), p.580-603</ispartof><rights>EEA 2016</rights><rights>Copyright Palgrave Macmillan Sep 2017</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c400t-73f3c1487c0ecaa9a2b31a629b91ca6e8cdc2bfcffec67ffbc8fa9de743ec8ae3</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c400t-73f3c1487c0ecaa9a2b31a629b91ca6e8cdc2bfcffec67ffbc8fa9de743ec8ae3</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057/eej.2015.49$$EPDF$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/10.1057/eej.2015.49$$EHTML$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,27924,27925,41488,42557,51319</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>J G Slusky, David</creatorcontrib><title>Significant Placebo Results in Difference-in-Differences Analysis: The Case of the ACA’s Parental Mandate</title><title>Eastern economic journal</title><addtitle>Eastern Econ J</addtitle><description>The Affordable Care Act (ACA) lets young adults stay on their parents’ insurance. Several papers use age–time difference-in-differences strategies to argue this causes health insurance and labor effects. I show that difference-in-differences over “placebo” dates also produces statistically significant “effects” before ACA implementation, even with conservative adjustments. This suggests the effects attributed to the ACA could instead reflect dynamics in the age-structure of the health insurance and labor markets. Reducing the age bandwidth yields more reliable estimates of the increases in parental and overall insurance coverage. The key problem in this literature is therefore potentially overstating the ACA’s “effects” in other dimensions.</description><subject>Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods</subject><subject>Economics</subject><subject>Economics and Finance</subject><subject>Health insurance</subject><subject>Insurance coverage</subject><subject>Labor market</subject><subject>Original Article</subject><subject>Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US</subject><issn>0094-5056</issn><issn>1939-4632</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2017</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>ABUWG</sourceid><sourceid>AFKRA</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>CCPQU</sourceid><sourceid>DWQXO</sourceid><recordid>eNpt0EtOwzAQBmALgUQprLiAJZaQYsfOw-yi8JSKqKCso4k7Li7BKXG66I5rcD1OgqsiwYLVzEiffo1-Qo45G3GWZOeIi1HMeDKSaocMuBIqkqmId8mAMSWjhCXpPjnwfsEYF1yxAXl9snNnjdXgejppQGPd0kf0q6b31Dp6aY3BDp3GyLro9_K0cNCsvfUXdPqCtASPtDW0D3tRFl8fn55OINAeGnoPbgY9HpI9A43Ho585JM_XV9PyNho_3NyVxTjSkrE-yoQRmss80ww1gIK4FhzSWNWKa0gx1zMd10aHV3SaGVPr3ICaYSYF6hxQDMnJNnfZte8r9H21aFddeNdXXMlE5CyJk6BOt0p3rfcdmmrZ2Tfo1hVn1abNKrRZbdqspAr6bKt9UG6O3Z_Mf_g3U-x5Dw</recordid><startdate>20170901</startdate><enddate>20170901</enddate><creator>J G Slusky, David</creator><general>Palgrave Macmillan UK</general><general>Palgrave Macmillan</general><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7WY</scope><scope>7WZ</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>87Z</scope><scope>8AO</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8FL</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BEZIV</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FRNLG</scope><scope>F~G</scope><scope>K60</scope><scope>K6~</scope><scope>K8~</scope><scope>L.-</scope><scope>M0C</scope><scope>PQBIZ</scope><scope>PQBZA</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>Q9U</scope><scope>S0X</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20170901</creationdate><title>Significant Placebo Results in Difference-in-Differences Analysis: The Case of the ACA’s Parental Mandate</title><author>J G Slusky, David</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c400t-73f3c1487c0ecaa9a2b31a629b91ca6e8cdc2bfcffec67ffbc8fa9de743ec8ae3</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2017</creationdate><topic>Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods</topic><topic>Economics</topic><topic>Economics and Finance</topic><topic>Health insurance</topic><topic>Insurance coverage</topic><topic>Labor market</topic><topic>Original Article</topic><topic>Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>J G Slusky, David</creatorcontrib><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (PDF only)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Pharma Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Business Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>Business Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (Corporate)</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Collection</collection><collection>DELNET Management Collection</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Professional Advanced</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global</collection><collection>ProQuest One Business</collection><collection>ProQuest One Business (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><collection>SIRS Editorial</collection><jtitle>Eastern economic journal</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>J G Slusky, David</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Significant Placebo Results in Difference-in-Differences Analysis: The Case of the ACA’s Parental Mandate</atitle><jtitle>Eastern economic journal</jtitle><stitle>Eastern Econ J</stitle><date>2017-09-01</date><risdate>2017</risdate><volume>43</volume><issue>4</issue><spage>580</spage><epage>603</epage><pages>580-603</pages><issn>0094-5056</issn><eissn>1939-4632</eissn><abstract>The Affordable Care Act (ACA) lets young adults stay on their parents’ insurance. Several papers use age–time difference-in-differences strategies to argue this causes health insurance and labor effects. I show that difference-in-differences over “placebo” dates also produces statistically significant “effects” before ACA implementation, even with conservative adjustments. This suggests the effects attributed to the ACA could instead reflect dynamics in the age-structure of the health insurance and labor markets. Reducing the age bandwidth yields more reliable estimates of the increases in parental and overall insurance coverage. The key problem in this literature is therefore potentially overstating the ACA’s “effects” in other dimensions.</abstract><cop>London</cop><pub>Palgrave Macmillan UK</pub><doi>10.1057/eej.2015.49</doi><tpages>24</tpages><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 0094-5056 |
| ispartof | Eastern economic journal, 2017-09, Vol.43 (4), p.580-603 |
| issn | 0094-5056 1939-4632 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_proquest_journals_1945380525 |
| source | Jstor Complete Legacy; SpringerLink Journals - AutoHoldings |
| subjects | Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods Economics Economics and Finance Health insurance Insurance coverage Labor market Original Article Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US |
| title | Significant Placebo Results in Difference-in-Differences Analysis: The Case of the ACA’s Parental Mandate |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-08T00%3A10%3A36IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Significant%20Placebo%20Results%20in%20Difference-in-Differences%20Analysis:%20The%20Case%20of%20the%20ACA%E2%80%99s%20Parental%20Mandate&rft.jtitle=Eastern%20economic%20journal&rft.au=J%20G%20Slusky,%20David&rft.date=2017-09-01&rft.volume=43&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=580&rft.epage=603&rft.pages=580-603&rft.issn=0094-5056&rft.eissn=1939-4632&rft_id=info:doi/10.1057/eej.2015.49&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E1945380525%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1945380525&rft_id=info:pmid/&rfr_iscdi=true |