income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of low-educated Hispanic … typically have less access to health care. Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy and data drawn from the … that low-educated Hispanic women likely affected by minimum wage increases experience any changes in health status, access …

The goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to achieve nearly universal health insurance coverage through a … Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine the impacts of the ACA on health care access, risky health behaviors, and … self-assessed health after two years. We estimate difference-in-difference-in-differences models that exploit variation in …

access to health care, and equates to one life saved per 310 newly covered individuals. A cost-benefit analysis shows that …

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity … health. …

I evaluate the accuracy of people's subjective probability expectations for using various health services. Subjective … correlate with objective measures of risk. At the same time, observable characteristics like age and health are weakly … about health behavior, specifically in the areas of asymmetric information, moral hazard and estimating welfare attributable …

Penalty mandates are used in many countries to encourage people to purchase health insurance. But are they effective …

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 coverage status affect psychological well-being and mental health? We … explore this question using age-based health insurance coverage policies in the United States as natural experiments. We …

health insurance through subsidies and penalty. We use administrative data from Australia to study how high-income earners …

through regulations, mandates, subsidies, and Medicaid expansions – on behaviors related to future health risks after three …

We present evidence on the health impacts and mechanisms of a large expansion in non-contributory health insurance in … health services without co-pays. Our intent-to-treat estimates show that SP reduced child mortality by 7% in poor … important implications for the ongoing health insurance expansions. …