Medicaid expansions of the 1980s and 1990s. In this paper, we provide the first national study of the effects of Medicaid on … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant … maternal health indicators. We find that the 13 percentage point increase in Medicaid eligibility during the study period was …

Medicaid expansions of the 1980s and 1990s. In this paper, we provide the first national study of the effects of Medicaid on … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant … maternal health indicators. We find that the 13 percentage point increase in Medicaid eligibility during the study period was …

There have been relatively few evaluations of the effect of private insurance and Medicaid on infant health, and … coverage and Medicaid participation on birth weight and the incidence of low-birth weight controlling for non-random selection … of insurance status. Our data consist of vital records that have been linked to hospital discharge records and Medicaid …

There have been relatively few evaluations of the effect of private insurance and Medicaid on infant health, and … coverage and Medicaid participation on birth weight and the incidence of low-birth weight controlling for non-random selection … of insurance status. Our data consist of vital records that have been linked to hospital discharge records and Medicaid …

"In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and children's educational achievement, as measured by … 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of children …-invariant characteristics of the child. Our results suggest that, in general, children who are overweight or obese have achievement test scores …