Can Health Insurance Reduce School Absenteeism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9729945
AutoresRyan Yeung (0000-0001-5020-2581, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA, autor de correspondencia), Bradley Gunton (New Visions for Public Schools, New York, NY, USA), Dylan Kalbacher (Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA), Jed Seltzer (State of New Jersey, Jersey City, NJ, USA), Hannah Wesolowski (American Institute of Architects)
Año2011
Volumen43
Número6
Páginas696-721
Fecha de publicación2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013124510381379
OpenAlexW1991642710
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas17

Enacted in 1997, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) represented the largest expansion of U.S. public health care coverage since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid 32 years earlier. Although the program has recently been reauthorized, there remains a considerable lack of thorough and well-designed evaluations of the program. In this study, we use school attendance as a measure of the program’s impact. Utilizing state-level data and the use of fixed-effects regression techniques, we conclude that SCHIP has had a positive and significant effect on state average daily attendance rates, as measured by both SCHIP participation and eligibility rates. The results support the renewal and expansion of the program

Absenteeism · Actuarial science · Attendance · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Health insurance · Medicaid · Public health insurance · Early Childhood Education and Development · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance · Gerontology