Theses and Dissertations at Montana State University (MSU)
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Item The effects of Medicaid expansion on special education enrollment(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2021) Schultz, Gunnar Marcus; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Wendy A. StockThis paper examines the effects of Medicaid eligibility on special education enrollment, exploiting variation in childhood Medicaid eligibility arising from the Medicaid expansions of the 1980s and 1990s. I find that these expansions led to increased special education enrollment rates, particularly among children with 'non-severe' disabilities. Further, I find evidence that the effects are largely concentrated in late elementary school. The results suggest that broadened public healthcare access promotes student welfare through improved evaluation and identification of children with disabilities, primarily among low-income children.Item Medicaid expansion and child maltreatment(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2019) Holom, Nicholas George; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Wendy A. StockWith the recent major changes to the Medicaid program through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and through individual states' expansions to Medicaid, more effort has been applied to understanding the effects of the Medicaid program beyond health. The prevalence of child maltreatment among families of low-income and poor health motivates the question of how expansions to Medicaid may affect child maltreatment. This study contributes to the literature by examining the contemporaneous effects of changes to Medicaid on child maltreatment. I find that increased Medicaid eligibility reduces the incidence of both reported and substantiated child neglect and child sex abuse.Item Long-term impacts of childhood Medicaid expansions on crime(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2018) Hendrix, Logan James; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Wendy A. StockThis paper examines the effects of public health insurance expansions among children in the 1980s and 1990s on their criminal activity later in life. Using a panel of the states' 1980-1990 birth cohorts and a simulated eligibility instrumental variables strategy, I find that increases in the fraction of children eligible for public health insurance lead to substantial reductions in criminal activity. Considering the extraordinary costs of crime to victims, public budgets, and offenders, these findings suggest a previously unrecognized substantial benefit to the provision of public health insurance to children.Item Medicaid's home and community-based alternatives to institutionalization in Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1984) Walsh, J. W.