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The Long-Term Effects of Early Life Medicaid Coverage

Sarah Miller and Laura R. Wherry
Journal of Human Resources, July 2019, 54 (3) 785-824; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.3.0816.8173R1
Sarah Miller
Sarah Miller is an assistant professor of business economics and public policy at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Laura R. Wherry is an assistant professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Sarah Miller is an assistant professor of business economics and public policy at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Laura R. Wherry is an assistant professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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vol. 54 no. 3 785-824
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.3.0816.8173R1
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0022-166X
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  • Received August 1, 2016
  • Accepted January 1, 2018
  • Published online July 16, 2019.

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  1. Sarah Miller is an assistant professor of business economics and public policy at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Laura R. Wherry is an assistant professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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    • I. Introduction
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    • III. The Medicaid Expansions and Prenatal Coverage
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    • VI. Results
    • VII. Heterogeneous Effects
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