relevant waves of the Health and Retirement Study (1996-2010), we exploit the exogenous variation in the form of wealth shocks … resulting from the value of housing assets, to examine the effect of wealth on use of home health, unpaid help and nursing home … care by older adults. We find a significant increase in the use of paid home health care and unpaid informal care but no …

This chapter summarizes the recent economic literature on health and long-term care as it relates to population aging … for long-term care. Both the supply side and the demand side of the health care markets are undergoing change. This …

This paper evaluates the health impact of a central piece in the U.S. safety net for families with children: the Earned … health outcomes. We find that increased EITC income reduces the incidence of low birth weight and increases mean birth weight … health behaviors (smoking). We find little role for changes in health insurance. We contribute to the literature by …

This paper evaluates the health impact of a central piece in the U.S. safety net for families with children: the Earned … health outcomes. We find that increased EITC income reduces the incidence of low birth weight and increases mean birth weight … health behaviors (smoking). We find little role for changes in health insurance. We contribute to the literature by …