Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207239 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7848
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Social programs and mandates are usually studied in isolation, but interaction effects could create spillovers to other public goods. We examine how health insurance coverage affects the education of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the context of state-mandated private therapy coverage. Since Medicaid benefits under the mandate were far weaker than under private insurance, we proxy for Medicaid ineligibility and estimate effects via triple-differences. While we find little change in ASD identification, the mandate crowds-out special education supports for students with ASD by shifting students to less restrictive environments and reducing the use of ASD specialized teacher consultants. A lack of short-run impact on achievement supports our interpretation of the service reductions as crowd-out and indicates that the shift does not academically harm students with ASD.
Subjects: 
special education
health insurance
insurance mandate
JEL: 
I18
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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