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The impact of Medicaid on medical utilization in a vulnerable population : evidence from COFA migrants

Halliday, Timothy; Akee, Randall Q.; Sentell, Tetine; … - 2019

Free Association (COFA) in its Medicaid program. COFA migrants were required to obtain private insurance in the exchanges … established under the Affordable Care Act. Using statewide hospital discharge data, we show that Medicaid-funded hospitalizations …, but not enough to offset the declines in Medicaid-funded utilization. Finally, the expiration of benefits increased …

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The psychic costs of migration : evidence from Irish return migrants

Barrett, Alan; Mosca, Irene - 2012

Within the economics literature, the "psychic costs" of migration have been incorporated into theoretical models since Sjaastad (1962). However, the existence of such costs has rarely been investigated in empirical papers. In this paper, we look at the psychic costs of migration using alcohol...

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Social networks and mental health problems : evidence from rural-to-urban migrants in China

Meng, Xin; Xue, Sen - 2017

Over the past two decades, more than 160 million rural residents have migrated to cities in China. They are usually separated from their rural families and work in an unfamiliar, and sometimes hostile, city environment. This paper investigates to what extent city social networks alleviate mental...

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Mobile applications aiming to facilitate immigrants' societal integration and overall level of integration, health and mental health: does artificial intelligence enhance outcomes?

Drydakis, Nick - 2020

Using panel data on immigrant populations from European, Asian and African countries the study estimates positive associations between the number of mobile applications in use aiming to facilitate immigrants' societal integration (m-Integration) and increased level of integration (Ethnosizer),...

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Effect of immigration on depression among older natives in Western Europe

Escarce, José J.; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2019

To our knowledge, no study has examined the effect of immigration on the health of older natives. We use the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration affects depression among natives 65-80 years old. Immigration may increase the supply and lower...

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Immigration policy and immigrants' sleep: evidence from DACA

Giuntella, Osea; Lonsky, Jakub; Mazzonna, Fabrizio; … - 2020

Stress is associated with sleep problems. And poor sleep is linked with mental health and depression symptoms. The stress associated with immigrant status and immigration policy can directly affect mental health. While previous studies have documented a significant relationship between...

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Adverse working conditions and immigrants' physical health and depression outcomes: a longitudinal study in Greece

Drydakis, Nick - 2021

The study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...

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The power of language : educational and mental health impacts of language training for refugee children

Tumen, Semih; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Wahba, Jackline - 2025

This paper examines the causal impact of a large-scale Turkish language training program on the academic performance, school participation, and mental well-being of Syrian refugee children in T¨urkiye. Using rich administrative data and a staggered difference-in-differences design, we find that...

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Minimum wages and the health and access to care of immigrants' children

Averett, Susan; Smith, Julie K.; Yang Wang - 2019

States are increasingly resorting to raising the minimum wage to boost the earnings of those at the bottom of the income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of the children of immigrants. Their parents are disproportionately represented in...

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The effects of DACA on health insurance, access to care, and health outcomes

Giuntella, Osea; Lonsky, Jakub - 2018

Medicaid, the increase was driven by an increase in public insurance take-up. Where public coverage was not available, DACA …

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