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Health insurance coverage in America...

Bass, Elizabeth Anne.

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Health insurance coverage in America: Are immigrants different?

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Health insurance coverage in America: Are immigrants different?/
作者:	Bass, Elizabeth Anne.
面頁冊數:	132 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-03, Section: A, page: 0998.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-03A.
標題:	Economics, General. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3083848

Health insurance coverage in America: Are immigrants different?
Bass, Elizabeth Anne.

Health insurance coverage in America: Are immigrants different? - 132 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-03, Section: A, page: 0998.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003.

This research examines health insurance coverage in the United States among civilian adults aged 25 to 64 using information contained in the March 1996–2000 Current Population Surveys. Particular attention is given to immigrant coverage patterns as this group is over-represented among the uninsured. The demand for health insurance depends on risk adversion, demand for health care, tax advantages and immigrant influences. Probit and multinomial logit regressions that control for a rich set of economic, demographic, and immigrant-related variables reveal that immigrants are consistently less likely to be insured than the native-born. Immigrant odds of coverage are typically 10% lower than native-born counterparts', but the nativity gap widens considerably for adults reporting low personal incomes. Work-related characteristics, particularly firm size, as well as personal income, marital status and nativity are the important coverage indicators for most of the sample. Longer duration in the United States and citizenship positively effect immigrants' coverage rates. While the absolute level of personal income matters for coverage, marginal changes in income on the magnitude of up to Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017424
Economics, General.

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