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Investment in Preventive Care for Children of Middle Eastern Ancestry During the Trump Administration

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  • Shooshan Danagoulian
  • Owen Fleming
  • Daniel S. Grossman
  • David Slusky

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Individuals of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) ancestry in the US have been targeted by anti-immigrant and counterterrorism policies and have been the focus of vitriolic political rhetoric. Despite this, lack of data identifying MENA individuals has prevented systematic evaluation of the impact of these policies and rhetoric on MENA communities’ wellbeing, including investment in health capital. This paper begins to address this gap in knowledge using a large, longitudinal medical records database with expanded race and ethnicity measures to describe disparities and evaluate the impact of immigration policies and anti-MENA rhetoric on preventive care use among MENA children in the US. Specifically, we evaluate the election of Donald Trump, and find that the election decreased MENA children’s utilization of vaccinations and well visits. Documenting MENA health and outcomes following official US policy and rhetoric is paramount for understanding the full consequences of policies that target underrepresented groups.

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  • Shooshan Danagoulian & Owen Fleming & Daniel S. Grossman & David Slusky, 2024. "Investment in Preventive Care for Children of Middle Eastern Ancestry During the Trump Administration," NBER Working Papers 32676, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:32676
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    • H12 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Crisis Management
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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