The Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Power Plant Emissions on Birth Weight: Evidence from a Pennsylvania Power Plant Located Upwind of New Jersey [0.03%]
关于电厂排放对新生儿体重影响的证据:以宾夕法尼亚州一座临近新泽西州的发电厂为例的研究
Muzhe Yang,Rhea A Bhatta,Shin-Yi Chou et al.
Muzhe Yang et al.
To examine the infant health impact of prenatal exposure to power plant emissions, we draw scientific evidence on the impacted region downwind of a large polluter, a coal-fired power plant located on the border of two states and proven to b...
The Impact of Health Insurance on Preventive Care and Health Behaviors: Evidence from the First Two Years of the ACA Medicaid Expansions [0.03%]
来自ACA医保扩展第一阶段的预防性护理和健康行为影响的证据
Kosali Simon,Aparna Soni,John Cawley
Kosali Simon
The U.S. population receives suboptimal levels of preventive care and has a high prevalence of risky health behaviors. One goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to increase preventive care and improve health behaviors by expanding acces...
Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States [0.03%]
美国儿童贫困、大衰退与社会保障网
Marianne Bitler,Hiliary Hoynes,Elira Kuku
Marianne Bitler
In this paper, we comprehensively examine the effects of the Great Recession on child poverty, with particular attention to the role of the social safety net in mitigating the adverse effects of shocks to earnings and income. Using a state ...
Are Parental Welfare Work Requirements Good for Disadvantaged Children? Evidence From Age-of-Youngest-Child Exemptions [0.03%]
父母福利工作的要求对弱势儿童有利吗?来自最小孩子年龄豁免的证据
Chris M Herbst
Chris M Herbst
This paper assesses the impact of welfare reform’s parental work requirements on low-income children’s cognitive and social-emotional development. The identification strategy exploits an important feature of the work requirement rules—na...