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The Incidence of Extreme Economic Stress : Evidence from Utility Disconnections
Cicala, Steve - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper uses monthly zip code-level data on electricity disconnections to document the socioeconomic correlates of extreme economic distress among 5 million customers in Illinois. In 2018-2019, customers in Black and Hispanic zip codes were about 4 times more likely to be disconnected for...
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What Drives (Gaps in) Scientific Study Participation? Evidence from a COVID-19 Antibody Survey
Dutz, Deniz; Greenstone, Michael; Hortaçsu, Ali; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Underrepresentation of minority and poor households in scientific studies undermines policy decisions and public health. We study data from a serological study that randomized participation incentives. Participation is low (6% at $0, 17% at $100, 29% at $500) and unequal: minority and poor...
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Children's Indirect Exposure to the U.S. Justice System : Evidence from Longitudinal Links between Survey and Administrative Data
Finlay, Keith; Mueller-Smith, Michael; Street, Brittany - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Children's indirect exposure to the justice system through biological parents or co-resident adults is both a marker of their own vulnerability and a measure of the justice system's expansive reach in society. Estimating the size of this population for the United States has historically been...
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The Economics of Financial Stress
Sergeyev, Dmitriy; Lian, Chen; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the psychological costs of financial constraints and their economic consequences. Using a representative … dynamic model of consumption and labor supply. We emphasize two key results. First, a psychology-based theory of poverty traps … of financial stress. On the other hand, naifs dis-save, fall into a poverty trap, and incur high welfare losses. Second …
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Heterogeneity in the Impact of Privatizing Social Health Insurance : Evidence from California's Medicaid Program
Duggan, Mark G.; Garthwaite, Craig; Wang, Adelina Yanyue - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
State governments face the classic "make or buy" decision for the provision of Medicaid services. Over the past two decades, the majority of states have outsourced the provision of social health insurance through Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) programs. These programs have been extensively studied...
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Why Does Disability Increase During Recessions? Evidence from Medicare
Carey, Colleen; Miller, Nolan; Molitor, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
discontinuities in the eligibility criteria. The findings suggest that changes in entry costs can fully account for cyclical DI entry …
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Legal Representation in Disability Claims
Hoynes, Hilary W.; Maestas, Nicole; Strand, Alexander - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Legal representatives play a prominent role in the Social Security Disability Insurance adjudication process, earning fees totaling $1.2 billion in 2019. Long ubiquitous in appellate hearings, disability representatives--including attorneys and non-attorneys--have begun appearing more frequently...
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Sibling Spillovers
Black, Sandra E. - 2017
It is notoriously difficult to identify peer effects within the family, because of the common shocks and reflection problems. We make use of a novel identification strategy and unique data in order to gain some purchase on this problem. We employ data from the universe of children born in...
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Understanding the Improvement in Disability Free Life Expectancy In the U.S. Elderly Population
Chernew, Michael - 2016
Understanding how healthy lifespans are changing is essential for public policy. This paper explores changes in healthy lifespan in the U.S. over time and considers reasons for the changes. We reach three fundamental conclusions. First, we show that healthy life increased measurably in the US...
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Breastfeeding and Child Disability : A Comparison of Siblings from the United States
Wehby, George - 2014
Little is known about whether breastfeeding may prevent disabilities throughout childhood. We evaluate the effects of breastfeeding on child disability using data from the National Survey of Family Growth merged to the National Health Interview Survey for a large nationally representative sample...
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