The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental … the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …

This paper investigates the impact of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) dependent coverage mandate on health insurance … coverage rates and health care utilization among young adults. Using data from the Medical Panel Expenditure Survey, I exploit … the discontinuity in health insurance coverage rates at age 26, the new dependent coverage age cutoff enforced by the ACA …

This paper investigates the relationship between health insurance coverage and risky health behaviors among young … Affordable Care Act required all employers to provide health insurance to employees’ children until the age of 26 (before … September, 2010), many health insurance contracts covered dependents through age 19. Using a regression discontinuity design …

earnings. This paper examines the role of health at birth in determining academic achievement in childhood, which may provide … effects concentrated in the low birthweight range. Infant health measures appear to explain little of the well …

earnings. This paper examines the role of health at birth in determining academic achievement in childhood, which may provide … effects concentrated in the low birthweight range. Infant health measures appear to explain little of the well …

This paper studies the design of health insurance with ex post moral hazard, when there is imperfect competition in the …