Data and Code for: Do Ordeals Work for Selection Markets?

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Mark Shepard, Harvard University; Myles Wagner, Ohio State University

Version:  View help for Version V1

Name File Type Size Last Modified
  Formatted_Files 11/22/2024 02:58:PM
  Output 11/22/2024 02:58:PM
  PublicData 01/28/2025 03:23:PM
  Scripts 01/28/2025 03:26:PM
Code_for_FiguresTables.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 12.9 KB 11/22/2024 09:58:AM
LICENSE.txt text/plain 15.7 KB 11/22/2024 09:58:AM
MA_zip_distance_to_CHC.dta application/x-stata-dta 28.8 KB 11/22/2024 09:53:AM
MA_zip_distance_to_MGH.dta application/x-stata-dta 28.8 KB 11/22/2024 09:53:AM
README_OrdealsPaper.docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document 33.1 KB 02/07/2025 08:19:AM
README_OrdealsPaper.pdf application/pdf 1.1 MB 02/07/2025 08:15:AM

Project Citation: 

Shepard, Mark, and Wagner, Myles. Data and Code for: Do Ordeals Work for Selection Markets? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-03-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E211741V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is a data and code replication packet for "Do Ordeals Work for Selection Markets? Evidence from Health Insurance Auto-Enrollment", which will be published in the American Economic Review. This project contains all code and data for the paper that can be released publicly.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Health Insurance; Ordeals; Targeting; Automatic Enrollment
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D90 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General
      I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Massachusetts
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2007 – 2011
Universe:  View help for Universe Low-income Massachusetts residents
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) program source code
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Data for this project came from administrative records for the Massachusetts Health Connector program and from the Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database. These data are confidential and cannot be posted with this archive.

A small piece of the analysis uses public American Community Survey data, and we post this data.


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