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What to expect when it gets hotter : the impacts of prenatal exposure to extreme heat on maternal and infant health
Kim, Jiyoon; Lee, Ajin; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2019
We use temperature variation within narrowly-defined geographic and demographic cells to show that prenatal exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of maternal hospitalization during pregnancy, and that this effect is larger for black than for white mothers. At childbirth, heat-exposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126018
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Health care centralization : the health impacts of obstetric unit closures in the US
Fischer, Stefanie; Royer, Heather; White, Corey D. - 2023
Over the last few decades, health care services in the United States have become more geographically centralized. We study how the loss of hospital-based obstetric units in over 400 counties affect maternal and infant health via a difference-in-differences design. We find that closures lead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229781
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Health Care Centralization : The Health Impacts of Obstetric Unit Closures in the US
Fischer, Stefanie; Royer, Heather; White, Corey D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Over the last few decades, health care services in the United States have become more centralized. We study how the loss of hospital-based obstetric units in over 400 rural counties affect maternal and infant health via a difference-in-differences design. We find that closures lead to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334360
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Covering Undocumented Immigrants : The Effects of a Large-Scale Prenatal Care Intervention
Miller, Sarah; Wherry, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Medicaid pregnancy coverage to undocumented immigrants. Using a novel dataset that links California birth records to Census …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334516
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The Intergenerational Health Effects of Forced Displacement : Japanese American Incarceration during WWII
Grossman, Daniel; Khalil, Umair; Panza, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the intergenerational health consequences of forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans in the US during WWII. Incarcerated mothers had babies who were less healthy at birth. This decrease in health represents a shift in the entire birthweight distribution due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447313
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Long-Term Care Partnership Effects on Medicaid and Private Insurance
Costa-Font, Joan; Raut, Nilesh - 2021
Can the expansion of Medicaid, a means-tested health and long-term care insurance, be slowed down by incentivising the …-in-differences (DD) design we study the effect of the rollout of the LTCIP program between 2005 and 2016 on both LTCI uptake and Medicaid … eligibility, and we estimate the effect on Medicaid savings. Drawing on a difference-in-differences (DD) design, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882329
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Long-Term Care Partnership Effects on Medicaid and Private Insurance
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Raut, Nilesh - 2021
Can the expansion of Medicaid, a means-tested health and long-term care insurance, be slowed down by incentivising the …-in-differences (DD) design we study the effect of the rollout of the LTCIP program between 2005 and 2016 on both LTCI uptake and Medicaid … eligibility, and we estimate the effect on Medicaid savings. Drawing on a difference-in-differences (DD) design, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658041
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The effect of public insurance coverage for childless adults on labor supply
Dague, Laura; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Leininger, Lindsey - 2014
This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of nonelderly, nondisabled adults without dependent children ("childless adults"). We use regression discontinuity and propensity score matching difference-in-differences methods to take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010390782
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The effects of Medicaid expansion on job loss induced mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US
Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - 2022
-in-difference (DD) regressions to estimate the effect of the Medicaid expansion on anxiety and depression associated with job loss …. Estimates show that the respondents who live in expansion states are 96.6% (36.3%) more likely to have Medicaid coverage, and … Medicaid is as important (if not more) as the access or utilization to healthcare. The difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169970
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Long-term care partnership effects on medicaid and private insurance
Costa-Font, Joan; Raut, Nilesh - 2021
Can the expansion of Medicaid, a means-tested health and long-term care insurance, be slowed down by incentivising the …-in-differences (DD) design we study the effect of the rollout of the LTCIP program between 2005 and 2016 on both LTCI uptake and Medicaid … eligibility, and we estimate the effect on Medicaid savings. Drawing on a difference-in-differences (DD) design, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012628745