Poverty, depression, and anxiety: Causal evidence and mechanisms
BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety disorders are together responsible for 8% of years
lived with disability globally. Contrary to widely held preconceptions, these are not diseases …
lived with disability globally. Contrary to widely held preconceptions, these are not diseases …
Econometric methods for program evaluation
A Abadie, MD Cattaneo - Annual Review of Economics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Program evaluation methods are widely applied in economics to assess the effects of policy
interventions and other treatments of interest. In this article, we describe the main …
interventions and other treatments of interest. In this article, we describe the main …
A unified welfare analysis of government policies
N Hendren, B Sprung-Keyser - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
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 …
half-century in the United States, focusing on policies in social insurance, education and job …
Contemporary guidance for stated preference studies
This article proposes contemporary best-practice recommendations for stated preference
(SP) studies used to inform decision making, grounded in the accumulated body of peer …
(SP) studies used to inform decision making, grounded in the accumulated body of peer …
Eviction and poverty in American cities
R Collinson, JE Humphries, N Mader… - … Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
More than two million US households have an eviction case filed against them each year.
Policy makers at the federal, state, and local levels are increasingly pursuing policies to …
Policy makers at the federal, state, and local levels are increasingly pursuing policies to …
The short-term impact of unconditional cash transfers to the poor: experimental evidence from Kenya
J Haushofer, J Shapiro - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We use a randomized controlled trial to study the response of poor households in rural
Kenya to unconditional cash transfers from the NGO GiveDirectly. The transfers differ from …
Kenya to unconditional cash transfers from the NGO GiveDirectly. The transfers differ from …
The long-run effects of childhood insurance coverage: Medicaid implementation, adult health, and labor market outcomes
A Goodman-Bacon - American Economic Review, 2021 - aeaweb.org
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 …
and economic outcomes using the program's original introduction (1966–1970) and its …
A health opportunity cost threshold for cost-effectiveness analysis in the United States
DJ Vanness, J Lomas, H Ahn - Annals of internal medicine, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Cost-effectiveness analysis is an important tool for informing treatment
coverage and pricing decisions, yet no consensus exists about what threshold for the …
coverage and pricing decisions, yet no consensus exists about what threshold for the …
Health insurance coverage and health—what the recent evidence tells us
BD Sommers, AA Gawande… - New England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Health Insurance Coverage and Health — What the Recent Evidence Tells Us | New England
Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage …
Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage …
The impact of health insurance on preventive care and health behaviors: evidence from the first two years of the ACA Medicaid expansions
The US 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 …
of risky health behaviors. One goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to increase …