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The effects of Medicaid expansion on job loss induced mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US
Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - 2022
-in-difference (DD) regressions to estimate the effect of the Medicaid expansion on anxiety and depression associated with job loss …. Estimates show that the respondents who live in expansion states are 96.6% (36.3%) more likely to have Medicaid coverage, and … Medicaid is as important (if not more) as the access or utilization to healthcare. The difference …
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Do more of those in misery suffer from poverty, unemployment or mental illness?
Fleche, Sarah; Layard, Peter R. G. - 2015
Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308598
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Age-based health insurance coverage policies and mental health
Han, Yiran; Yörük, Barış K. - 2022
More than 18 percent of U.S. adults met the diagnostic criteria for a mental illness. Yet, many who could benefit from mental health care do not receive any treatment, mostly due to the inability to pay for care or lack of health insurance coverage. How does a sudden change in health insurance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013343426
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Childhood circumstances and health inequality in old age: comparative evidence from China and the United States
Chen, Xi; Yan, Binjian; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020
evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two … Life History Mail Survey (LHMS) in the USA, to quantify health inequality due to childhood circumstances for which they …-16 percent and 14-30 percent of health inequality in old age in China and the USA, respectively. Specifically, the contribution …
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Long COVID in the United States
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023
Although yet to be clearly identified as a clinical condition, there is immense concern at the health and wellbeing consequences of long COVID. Using data collected from nearly half a million Americans in the period June 2022-December 2022 in the US Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey (HPS),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228934
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The effects of an unconditional cash transfer on mental health in the United States
Pignatti, Clemente; Parolin, Zachary - 2023
Mental health conditions have worsened in many countries in recent decades. The provision of unconditional cash transfers may be one effective policy strategy for improving mental health, but causal evidence on their efficacy is rare in high-income countries. This study investigates the mental...
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Does money relieve depression? : evidence from social pension eligibility
Chen, Xi; Wang, Tianyu - 2016
We estimate the impact of receiving pension benefits on mental well-being using China's New Rural Pension Scheme launched in 2010, the largest pension program in the world. More than four hundred million Chinese have enrolled in the program, and the program on average amounts to one fifth of...
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Religion and depression in adolescence
Fruehwirth, Jane Cooley; Iyer, Sriya; Zhang, Anwen - 2016
The probability of being depressed increases dramatically during adolescence and is linked to a range of adverse outcomes. Many studies show a correlation between religiosity and mental health, yet the question remains whether the link is causal. The key issue is selection into religiosity. We...
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Causal effects of mental health treatment on education outcomes for youth in the justice system
Cuellar, Alison Evans; Dave, Dhaval - 2016
This study assesses whether mental health interventions can improve academic outcomes for justice-involved youth. Only a limited number of studies have linked justice policies to outcomes beyond crime, particularly education, which carries large monetary and non-monetary benefits. The current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452177
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Energy boom and gloom? : local effects of oil and natural gas drilling on subjective well-being
Maguire, Karen; Winters, John V. - 2016
The United States experienced a considerable increase in oil and natural gas extraction in recent years due to technological advancements including horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Increased energy development likely creates both benefits and costs, but the net effects for local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455295