We estimate the effects of permanent legal status on the health of children born to immigrants in the United States …

behavior, and patient health. Every dollar Medicare spent on monitoring generated $24-29 in government savings. The majority of … the health of the marginal patient is harmed, indicating that monitoring primarily deters low-value care. Monitoring does …

We use data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the prevalence and determinants … interpret our results using a model in which investments in health capital are affected by both resource constraints and a human …

Large literatures document positive effects of WIC on birth outcomes, and separately connect health at birth and future … health conditions and of grade repetition. These findings demonstrate that a "WIC start" results in persistent improvements …

We examine multi-generational impacts of positive in utero and early life health interventions. We focus on the 1980s …'s health outcomes at birth. We find strong evidence that the health benefits associated with treated generations' in utero … birth weight. Later childhood exposure to Medicaid does not lead to persistent health effects across generations. The return …

This paper evaluates the health impact of a signature initiative of the War on Poverty: the roll out of the modern Food …