We conduct a comparative welfare analysis of 133 historical policy changes over the past
half-century in the United States, focusing on policies in social insurance, education and job …

This paper estimates the long-run effects of childhood Medicaid eligibility on adult health
and economic outcomes using the program's original introduction (1966–1970) and its …

In both its costs and the number of its enrollees, Medicaid is the largest means-tested
transfer program in the United States. It is also a fundamental part of the health care system …

We use large-scale federal survey data linked to administrative death records to investigate
the relationship between Medicaid enrollment and mortality. Our analysis compares …

We use novel, large-scale data on 17.5 million Americans to study how a policy-driven
increase in economic resources affects children's long-term outcomes. Using the 2000 …

In this study, we evaluate how an expansion of Medicaid coverage for pregnant women and
infants affected the adult outcomes of individuals who gained access to coverage in utero …

This paper provides new evidence that Medicaid's introduction reduced infant and child
mortality in the 1960s and 1970s. Mandated coverage of all cash welfare recipients induced …

We use novel, large-scale data on 43 million Americans from the 2000 Census and the 2001
to 2013 American Communities Survey linked to the Social Security Administration's …

This paper examines the impact of exposure to public health insurance in early life on
outcomes in adolescence in rural China. Exploiting the variation in the county-by-county …

In this paper, we examine what groups of children are served by core childhood social-
safety net programs—including Medicaid, EITC, CTC, SNAP, and AFDC/TANF—and how …