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How Do Medicaid Expansions Affect the Demand for Healthcare Workers? Evidence from Vacancy Postings

View ORCID ProfileMarcus Dillender
Journal of Human Resources, July 2022, 57 (4) 1350-1393; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.4.0719-10340R1
Marcus Dillender
Marcus Dillender is an assistant professor in the Division of Health Policy and Administration in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago () and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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