Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
    • Supplementary Material
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
    • Request JHR at your library
  • Alerts
  • Free Issue
  • Special Issue
  • Other Publications
    • UWP

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Journal of Human Resources
  • Other Publications
    • UWP
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
Journal of Human Resources

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
    • Supplementary Material
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
    • Request JHR at your library
  • Alerts
  • Free Issue
  • Special Issue
  • Follow uwp on Twitter
  • Follow JHR on Bluesky
Research ArticleArticles

Saving Teens: Using a Policy Discontinuity to Estimate the Effects of Medicaid Eligibility

Laura R. Wherry and Bruce D. Meyer
Journal of Human Resources, August 2016, 51 (3) 556-588; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.51.3.0913-5918R1
Laura R. Wherry
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Bruce D. Meyer
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Supplemental
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

vol. 51 no. 3 556-588
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.51.3.0913-5918R1
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received September 1, 2013
  • Accepted April 1, 2015
  • Published online August 23, 2016.

ARTICLE VERSIONS

  • Ahead of Print Version (Monday, November 30, 2015 - 12:52 PM).
  • You are viewing the final version of this article.
Copyright & Usage 
© 2016 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Author Information

  1. Laura R. Wherry and
  2. Bruce D. Meyer
View Full Text
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Journal of Human Resources: 51 (3)
Journal of Human Resources
Vol. 51, Issue 3
1 Aug 2016
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
  • Back Matter (PDF)
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Journal of Human Resources.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Saving Teens: Using a Policy Discontinuity to Estimate the Effects of Medicaid Eligibility
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Journal of Human Resources
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Journal of Human Resources web site.
Citation Tools
Saving Teens: Using a Policy Discontinuity to Estimate the Effects of Medicaid Eligibility
Laura R. Wherry, Bruce D. Meyer
Journal of Human Resources Aug 2016, 51 (3) 556-588; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.51.3.0913-5918R1

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Saving Teens: Using a Policy Discontinuity to Estimate the Effects of Medicaid Eligibility
Laura R. Wherry, Bruce D. Meyer
Journal of Human Resources Aug 2016, 51 (3) 556-588; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.51.3.0913-5918R1
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • I. Introduction
    • II. The Discontinuity in Eligibility
    • III. The Research Design
    • V. Interpreting the Estimates: Plausibility, Comparisons to Past Work and Cost Per Life Saved
    • VI. Conclusions
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • Supplemental
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • Investing in Health and Public Safety: Childhood Medicaid Eligibility and Later Life Criminal Behavior
  • The Long-Term Effects of Early Life Medicaid Coverage
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Sexual Orientation and Multiple Job Holding
  • Owning the Agent
  • Understanding the Educational Attainment Polygenic Index and its Interactions with SES in Determining Health in Young Adulthood
Show more Articles

Similar Articles

UW Press logo

© 2025 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Powered by HighWire