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Melissa McInerney

Tufts University
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Neighbors and coworkers: The importance of residential labor market networks

JK Hellerstein, M McInerney… - Journal of Labor …, 2011 - journals.uchicago.edu
We specify and implement a test for the presence and importance of labor market networks
based on residential proximity, in determining the establishments at which people work. …

The effects of state Medicaid expansions for working-age adults on senior Medicare beneficiaries

M McInerney, JM Mellor, LM Sabik - American Economic Journal …, 2017 - aeaweb.org
Do Medicaid expansions to working-age adults affect healthcare spending and utilization
among older Medicare beneficiaries? Although economic theory provides conflicting …

welcome mats and on‐ramps for older adults: The impact of the affordable care act's medicaid expansions on dual enrollment in medicare and medicaid

M McInerney, JM Mellor… - Journal of Policy Analysis …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For many low‐income Medicare beneficiaries, Medicaid provides important supplemental
insurance that covers out‐of‐pocket costs and additional benefits. We examine whether …

Association of Medicaid expansion with Medicaid enrollment and health care use among older adults with low income and chronic condition limitations

M McInerney, G McCormack, JM Mellor… - JAMA Health …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Medicaid is an important source of supplemental coverage for older Medicare
beneficiaries with low income. Research has shown that Medicaid expansion under the …

Recession depression: mental health effects of the 2008 stock market crash

M McInerney, JM Mellor, LH Nicholas - Journal of health economics, 2013 - Elsevier
Do sudden, large wealth losses affect mental health? We use exogenous variation in the
interview dates of the 2008 Health and Retirement Study to assess the impact of large wealth …

Spatial mismatch or racial mismatch?

JK Hellerstein, D Neumark, M McInerney - Journal of Urban Economics, 2008 - Elsevier
We contrast the spatial mismatch hypothesis with what we term the racial mismatch hypothesis
— that the problem is not a lack of jobs, per se, where blacks live, but a lack of jobs where …

Recessions and seniors' health, health behaviors, and healthcare use: Analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey

M McInerney, JM Mellor - Journal of health economics, 2012 - Elsevier
A number of studies report that US state mortality rates, particularly for the elderly, decline
during economic downturns. Further, several prior studies use microdata to show that as state …

Increasing Medicaid's Stagnant Asset Test For People Eligible For Medicare And Medicaid Will Help Vulnerable Seniors: Study examines benefit to vulnerable seniors …

N Cornelio, MP McInerney, JM Mellor, ET Roberts… - Health …, 2021 - healthaffairs.org
Low-income Medicare beneficiaries rely on Medicaid for supplemental coverage but must
meet income and asset tests to qualify. We examined states’ income and asset tests for full-…

ACA Medicaid expansion associated with increased Medicaid participation and improved health among near-elderly: evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

M McInerney, R Winecoff, P Ayyagari… - … : The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically expanded health insurance, but questions remain
regarding its effects on health. We focus on older adults for whom health insurance has …

[PDF][PDF] Changes in workplace segregation in the United States between 1990 and 2000: Evidence from matched employer-employee data

J Hellerstein, D Neumark, M McInerney - The analysis of firms and …, 2008 - nber.org
In recent work, we have constructed and described the 1990 Decennial Employer-Employee
Dataset (DEED) based on matching records in the 1990 Decennial Census of Population to …