Do Children of Immigrants Make Differential Use of Public Health Insurance?

Janet Currie

Working Papers from RAND - Labor and Population Program

Abstract: If immigrant parents face higher transactions costs of enrolling in Medicaid, and different opportunities in the market for private health insurance, then their responses to becoming eligible for Medicaid are likely to differ from those of native-born parents. This prediction is tested using data about health insurance coverage and the utilization of medical care from the US National Health Interview Survey.

Keywords: HEALTH; IMMIGRANTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 1996
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