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Estimating Heterogeneous Take-Up and Crowd-Out Responses to Marginal and Non-Marginal Medicaid Expansions
Ham, John C. - 2011
We use a linear probability model with interactions and a switching probit model (SPM) to estimate heterogeneous effects of Medicaid expansions on Medicaid take-up, private insurance coverage and crowd-out. Specifically, we estimate: i) LATEs; ii) ATETs for the currently eligible; and iii) ATETs...
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Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition : Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial
Singh, Prakarsh - 2016
providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are … supposed to provide a mid-day meal and also advise mothers on health and nutrition for their child. Our one-day caregiver … training covered basic health and nutrition facts with advice on how to communicate with mothers for behavior change at home …
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An Ounce of Prevention for a Pound of Cure : Efficiency of Community-Based Healthcare
Bancalari, Antonella; Bernal, Pedro; Celhay, Pablo; … - 2023
We study the efficiency in health systems generated by community health teams, a common strategy in low- and middle-income countries for primary healthcare delivery. We exploit the rollout of a nation-wide expansion of coverage to this model in El Salvador. Using a panel dataset of...
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The Role of Race and Birth Place in Welfare Usage Among Comparable Women : Evidence from the US
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2011
There is evidence that women are more likely to live in poverty than men. Given the fact that the poor are more likely to use welfare, it becomes useful to consider welfare usage among women. A-priori welfare programs are set up in such a way that welfare usage should be based primarily on...
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U.S. Versus Sweden : The Effect of Alternative In-Work Tax Credit Policies on Labour Supply of Single Mothers
Aaberge, Rolf - 2013
mothers. To this end, we estimate a structural random utility model of labour supply and welfare participation. The model … Swedish reform is self-financing for single mothers, whereas a 10 per cent deficit follows from the adapted EITC version used …
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Low-Skilled Immigration and Parenting Investments of College-Educated Mothers in the United States : Evidence from Time-Use Data
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina - 2013
substantial reductions in the time allocated to basic child care by college-educated mothers of non-school age children. However …, these mothers have not reduced the time allocated to more stimulating educational and recreational activities with their …
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Universal Child Care, Maternal Employment, and Children's Long-Run Outcomes : Evidence from the U.S. Lanham Act of 1940
Herbst, Chris M. - 2014
suggests that mothers' paid work increased substantially following the introduction of the child care program. I then study the …
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The Evolving Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Inequality in the U.S. Labor Market : The COVID Motherhood Penalty
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2022
We explore whether COVID-19 disproportionately affected women in the labor market using CPS data through the end of 2020. We find that male-female gaps in the employment-to-population ratio and hours worked for women with school-age children have widened but not for those with younger children....
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Like Mother, Like Child? The Rise of Women's Intergenerational Income Persistence in Sweden and the United States
Brandén, Gunnar; Nybom, Martin; Vosters, Kelly - 2023
prime-age labor incomes of both men and women. Income persistence involving women (daughters and/or mothers) has risen … (residual) income, as well as assortative mating. Despite very similar trends and levels for mothers in the US and Sweden, we …
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Does Public Policy Affect Attitudes? Evidence from Age-Based Health Insurance Coverage Policies in the United States
Yörük, Barış - 2022
The existing literature provides evidence that public opinion and attitudes often affect public policy. However, little is known on how public policy might affect public attitudes and norms. I present new evidence on this topic by using age-based health insurance policies in the United States as...
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