Public Use Data for Early Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on Labor Market Outcomes
| Release Date: | January 2015 |
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| Time Period of Data Collection: | January 2005 till August 2014 |
| Brief Description: | Survey data files: Current Population Survey Basic Monthly data aggregated from January 2005 till August 2014. |
| Geographic Coverage: | National |
| Study Populations: | Adult Workers |
| Unit(s) of Observation: | Individuals |
| Topics: | Worker Protection, Labor Standards, Workplace-Related Benefits |
| Research method: | Quasi-Experimental Design |
| Sampling Method: | CPS Basic monthly data from Current Population Survey (CPS) Basic Monthly Data at the NBER aggregated them from January 2005 till August 2014 with information incorporated about 2014 state Medicaid expansions from Status of State Action on the Medicaid Expansion Decision was used to created a csv file with state fipcodes and indicators (0,1) for state expansions in 2014. The CPS basic monthly was utilized to generate demographic and income variables after dropping observations if age was less than 19 or greater than 64. |
- cpsbasic_finaldata.dta (Stata; 3.29 GB)
- Number of Variables: 123
- Summary of Variables: See Appendix A of Full Summary
- Number of Observations: 8,559,940
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