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We estimate the effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on county-level mortality in the first four years following expansion. We find a reduction in all-cause mortality in ages 20 to 64 equaling 11.36 deaths per 100,000 individuals, a 3.6 percent decrease. This estimate is largely...
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Deutschland), stellt sich die Frage, ob die Art der Krankenversicherung die Arbeitsmarktkarrieren der Versicherten beeinflusst …. Wir untersuchen, ob der Wechsel von der gesetzlichen in die private Krankenversicherung bestimmte Gesundheits- und … langfristigen Einfluss der Art der Krankenversicherung auf lange Krankheitsepisoden oder den Arbeitsmarkterfolg von Beschäftigten …
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This paper studies the effects of health shocks on the demand for health insurance and annuities, precautionary saving, and the welfare implications of public policies in a simple life-cycle model. I show that when the health shock simultaneously increases health expenses and reduces longevity,...
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A majority of married couples in the United States take advantage of the fact that employers often provide health insurance coverage to spouses. When the older spouses become eligible for Medicare, however, many of them can no longer provide their younger spouses with coverage. In this paper, we...
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We estimate the impact of a differential treatment of paid employees versus self-employed workers in a public health insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most paid employees, but not for the selfemployed, who...
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