Gee Emily R.; Osea, Giuntella G. - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 11 (2011) 1, pp. 1-31
Many low-income immigrants are uninsured yet eligible for public health insurance. In this paper, we examine whether language barriers and network effects can explain disparities in insurance Medicaid participation. Using the 2008 and 2009 American Community Survey, we show that linguistic...