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In this study, we document the effect of Food Stamp access on adult health care utilization. While Food Stamps is one … or mental health, or due to individuals with common chronic health conditions, leaving open the possibility that changes … Stamps increased the affordability of specialty health care, which may have further reduced the need for physician visits …
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In this study, we document the effect of food stamp access on adult health care utilization. While the Food Stamp … increased the affordability of specialty health care. These findings have important implications for cost-benefit analyses of … the Food Stamp Program, as reductions in health care utilization because of food stamps may offset some of the program …
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In this study, we document the effect of Food Stamp access on adult health care utilization. While Food Stamps is one … or mental health, or due to individuals with common chronic health conditions, leaving open the possibility that changes … Stamps increased the affordability of specialty health care, which may have further reduced the need for physician visits …
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I use changes in immigrant eligibility for food stamps under the 1996 federal law and heterogeneous state responses to set up a natural experiment research design to study the effect of food stamps on Body Mass Index (BMI) of adults in immigrant families. I find that in the post-1996 period food...
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I use changes in immigrant eligibility for food stamps under the 1996 federal law and heterogeneous state responses to set up a natural experiment research design to study the effect of food stamps on Body Mass Index (BMI) of adults in immigrant families. I find that in the post-1996 period food...
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This paper studies the performance of immigrants relative to natives, in terms of their health status, use of health … care services, lifestyles, and coverage of health expenditures. We base the analysis on international evidence that … identified a healthy immigrant effect, complemented by empirical research on the Portuguese National Health Survey. Furthermore …
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