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Race, ethnicity and the dynamics of health insurance coverage
Fairlie, Robert W. (contributor);  … - 2008
Using matched data from the 1996 to 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS), we examine racial patterns in annual transitions into and out of health insurance coverage. We first decompose racial differences in static health insurance coverage rates into group differences in transition rates into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759015
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Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of drug therapy
Bowblis, John R.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2010
of depression, high cholesterol, and hypertension between Hispanics, non-Hispanic blacks, and non-Hispanics whites using … characteristics, while the sources of the utilization difference between the whites and Hispanics are split between the differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003947959
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Why are Hispanic and African-American dropout rates so high?
Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor) - 2007
groups, Hispanics and African-Americans, compared to non-Hispanic whites. In this paper we utilize unique student-level data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003672773
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An anatomy of racial and ethnic trends in male earnings
Winters, John V.; Hirsch, Barry T. - 2012
Progress in narrowing black-white earnings differences has been far from continuous, with some of the apparent progress resulting from labor force withdrawal among lower-skilled African Americans. This paper builds on prior research and documents racial and ethnic differences in male earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575143
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Minority and immigrant homeownership experience : evidence from the 2009 American Housing Survey
Mundra, Kusum - 2013
homeownership particularly if they obtained the mortgage during subprime boom period from 2004 - 2006. Hispanics, on the other hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683009
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Education-occupation mismatch and social networks for hispanics in the US : role of citizenship
Mundra, Kusum; Rios-Avila, Fernando - 2020
In this paper we examine the education and occupation mismatch for Hispanics in the US using a novel objective … larger social network helps Hispanics in finding jobs that better match with their skill and education levels or whether … living in areas with larger concentration of Hispanics leads to more competition for the same jobs in the labor market. Given …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177699
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High on life? : medical marijuana laws and suicide
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012
Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529493
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The economics behind the epidemic : Afghan opium price and prescription opioids in the US
Deiana, Claudio; Giua, Ludovica; Nisticò, Roberto - 2019
We investigate the effect of variations in the price of opium in Afghanistan on per capita dispensation of prescription opioids in the US. Quarterly county-level data for 2003-2016 indicate that reductions in opium prices significantly increase the quantity of opioids prescribed. The increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153296
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Latina entrepreneurship
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy Mason - 2009
the relative success of self-employed female Hispanics. To allow for a meaningful comparison of earnings between self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809043
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Are Hispanic immigrant families reviving the economies of America’s small towns?
Coates, Dennis; Gindling, Thomas - 2010
1970s and 1980s. -- Regional economic growth ; Hispanics ; migration …
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