The effect of health insurance coverage on the reported health of young adults

被引：16

作者：

Cardella, Eric ^{[1
]}

Depew, Briggs ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA

[2] Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2014年 / 124卷 / 03期

关键词：

Reported health; Health insurance; Young adults;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2014.06.036

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We exploit a sharp change in the likelihood that an individual is covered by health insurance when he/she turns 19 years of age to study how health insurance affects reported health status. We find that an individual is 6 percentage points less likely to have health insurance when he/she turns 19. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design, we find that having health coverage significantly increases the likelihood of reporting excellent health among young adults. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：406 / 410

页数：5

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