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Investing in Health and Public Safety: Childhood Medicaid Eligibility and Later Life Criminal Behavior

Logan Hendrix and Wendy A. Stock
Published online before print May 09, 2022, 1119-10549R5; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1119-10549R5
Logan Hendrix
Wendy Stock is professor of economics in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics and co-director of the Initiative for Regulation and Applied Economic Analysis (IRAEA) at Montana State University, .
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Logan Hendrix is a Master of Applied Economics graduate from Montana State University.
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A growing body of research documents positive long-term impacts of public health insurance that go far beyond improving recipients’ health. In this study, we expand the analysis to assess whether expanding Medicaid coverage generates reductions in crime. We find that increased Medicaid eligibility during childhood generates significant reductions in crime in early adulthood. Cohorts who experienced expanded Medicaid eligibility during childhood had significantly fewer arrests for property crime, drug-related crime, and driving under the influence in early adulthood. The effects are concentrated among males, are larger for blacks than whites, and larger for eligibility experienced later in childhood.

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Logan Hendrix, Wendy A. Stock
Journal of Human Resources May 2022, 1119-10549R5; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.1119-10549R5

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Investing in Health and Public Safety: Childhood Medicaid Eligibility and Later Life Criminal Behavior
Logan Hendrix, Wendy A. Stock
Journal of Human Resources May 2022, 1119-10549R5; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.1119-10549R5
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