Medicaid expansion's ambiguous effects on abortion rates from 2009-2019

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Publication Type honors thesis
School or College David Eccles School of Business
Department Quantitative Analysis of Markets and Organizations
Faculty Mentor Scott Schaefer
Creator Siu, Grace
Title Medicaid expansion's ambiguous effects on abortion rates from 2009-2019
Date 2023
Description This paper analyzes the effects of the Affordable Care Act, specifically Medicaid expansion, on abortion rates from 2009-2019. I start off the analysis with a Difference-in- Difference model, move on to a Two-Way Fixed Effects model, and then alter the model to include event time, where the event year is the year that the state expanded Medicaid. The Difference-in-Difference models showed a decrease in abortion rates for states that expanded Medicaid, and the Two-Way Fixed Effects models showed an increase in abortion rates for states that expanded Medicaid. Almost none of these results are statistically significant, and therefore the effect of Medicaid expansion on abortion rates is inconclusive because of the ambiguity of the effects of Medicaid expansion on difference age groups of women.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Language eng
Rights Management (c) Grace Siu
Format Medium application/pdf
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62bdvv7
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