TY - JOUR T1 - Welfare Reform and Health JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 309 LP - 334 DO - 10.3368/jhr.XL.2.309 VL - XL IS - 2 AU - Marianne P. Bitler AU - Jonah B. Gelbach AU - Hilary W. Hoynes Y1 - 2005/03/31 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XL/2/309.abstract N2 - We investigate the impact of welfare reform on health insurance coverage and healthcare utilization of single women aged 20–45, using nationally representative data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We present estimates from both difference-in-difference models and difference-in-difference-in-difference models (using married women as a comparison group). We find that welfare reform is associated with reductions in health insurance coverage and specific measures of healthcare utilization, as well as an increase in the likelihood of needing care but finding it unaffordable. Overall, effects are somewhat larger for Hispanics compared with blacks and low-educated women. ER -