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Health and Health Insurance Trajectories of Mexicans in the US

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  • Neeraj Kaushal
  • Robert Kaestner

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We study how the health and health insurance coverage of Mexican immigrants change with time in the US. Cross-sectional analyses suggest that approximately three decades of residency in the US is associated with a 9 to 11 percentage point (12% to 15%) decline in the probability of being uninsured for Mexican men and women. However, analysis using longitudinal data and fixed effects methods show that time in the US is unrelated to health insurance coverage. Both cross sectional and longitudinal analyses provide evidence of unhealthy assimilation--self-reported health declines slightly with time in the US.

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  • Neeraj Kaushal & Robert Kaestner, 2010. "Health and Health Insurance Trajectories of Mexicans in the US," NBER Working Papers 16139, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    • H0 - Public Economics - - General
    • I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J88 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Public Policy

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