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Much less explored has been the dynamics of the economy towards its new (post-benefit reform) steady state, leaving largely unanswered the question of whether unemployment benefit (and other labor market) reforms take time to pay-off or might even imply trading long-term gains for short-term pain.
The above analyses were not adjusted for demographic changes in the post-benefit population.
First, the demographically adjusted rates were compared to the unadjusted rates for the post-benefit period.
A demographically adjusted smoking rate showed a similar decrease in the post-benefit period.
As shown in Table 1, there were significant differences in the rate of current smoking (38.3% pre-benefit vs. 28.8% post-benefit) and recent quit success (6.6% pre-benefit vs. 19.1% post-benefit) using the demographically adjusted data.
Given the above result, comparisons also were made for smoking behavior between the pre-benefit period and post-benefit period using the demographically adjusted rates.
It was considered important to know whether post-benefit smoking prevalence levels in the MassHealth population had been matched in some earlier period.
Two time variables were included in this analysis: a long-term trend variable and one that would measure changes in the post-benefit period only.
For all tests of proportional differences, the sample population used in the pre-benefit period included only MassHealth subscribers despite an increase in MassHealth enrollment post-benefit.
Smoking prevalence was evaluated pre- to post-benefit using 1999 through 2008 data from the Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFSS).
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