Medicaid's effect on single women's labor supply: Evidence from the introduction of Medicaid

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 531-548

  Strumpf, Erin ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CIRANO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Society programs; Health insurance; I18; I38; In kind transfers; J22; Labor supply

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR SUPPLY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; SINGLE WOMAN; WORK;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957882471     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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