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How Do Medicaid Expansions Affect the Demand for Health Care Workers? Evidence from Vacancy Postings

Marcus Dillender
Published online before print June 10, 2020, 0719-10340R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.4.0719-10340R1
Marcus Dillender
The author is an assistant professor in the Division of Health Policy and Administration in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His email address is.
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Abstract

This study evaluates how health care employers’ staffing decisions and labor demand respond to increased Medicaid eligibility using a database of over 14 million job vacancies for health care workers. The results indicate that increased Medicaid eligibility leads to health care employers posting more job vacancies and hiring additional health care workers. Health care employers that typically hire lower-skilled workers appear to be the most responsive to Medicaid expansions. These results imply that there are providers that respond to Medicaid patients’ needs but also highlight issues arising from Medicaid’s low reimbursement rates.

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  • health care workforce
  • Medicaid
  • labor demand
  • quality
  • skills
  • provider behavior
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  • I13
  • I18
  • J23

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How Do Medicaid Expansions Affect the Demand for Health Care Workers? Evidence from Vacancy Postings
Marcus Dillender
Journal of Human Resources Jun 2020, 0719-10340R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.4.0719-10340R1

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How Do Medicaid Expansions Affect the Demand for Health Care Workers? Evidence from Vacancy Postings
Marcus Dillender
Journal of Human Resources Jun 2020, 0719-10340R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.4.0719-10340R1
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