Sara Markowitz

Dados Biográficos

ID3926657
NOMESara Markowitz
PRENOMESSara
SOBRENOMEMarkowitz
ASSINATURAMARKOWITZ S
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES17
TOTAL COMO AUTOR7
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2004
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2019
ÍNDICE H2

  • Effects of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credit Laws on Birth Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity

    Open AccessKelli A Komro, Markowitz et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2019

    Purpose: Health disparities persist in birth outcomes by mother's income, education, and race in the United States. Disadvantaged mothers may experience benefit from supplements to family income, such as the earned income tax credit (EITC). We examined the effects of state-level EITCs on birth outcomes among women with a high school education or less, stratified by race and ethnicity. Methods: A quasi-experimental multistate and multiyear differe…

  • The effects of employment on influenza rates

    Open AccessMarkowitz, Sara Markowitz et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2019

  • The Effect of an Increased Minimum Wage on Infant Mortality and Birth Weight

    Kelli A Komro, Melvin D Livingston et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016Citada por: 14Referências: 7

    Objectives. To investigate the effects of state minimum wage laws on low birth weight and infant mortality in the United States. Methods. We estimated the effects of state-level minimum wage laws using a difference-in-differences approach on rates of low birth weight ( Results. Across all models, a dollar increase in the minimum wage above the federal level was associated with a 1% to 2% decrease in low birth weight births and a 4% decrease in po…

  • Is youth smoking responsive to cigarette prices? Evidence from low- and middle-income countries

    Dobrinka Kostova, Deliana Kostova et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2011

    Cigarette price is an important determinant of smoking. The estimated price elasticity of smoking participation is -0.74, and the estimated price elasticity of conditional cigarette demand is approximately -1.37. The total price elasticity of cigarette demand is -2.11, implying that an increase in price of 10% would reduce youth cigarette consumption by 21.1% at the mean

  • Incentives in Obesity and Health Insurance

    Open AccessInas Rashad Kelly, Markowitz et al.ARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2009

    Health insurance is widely regarded as essential for financing the production of good health, but is insurance always beneficial for our health? Ex ante moral hazard may induce individuals with insurance to engage in behaviors that they otherwise would not undertake in the absence of insurance. Using data from the 1993-2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we attempt to isolate the effects of ex ante moral hazard to determine the poten…

  • Antidepressants and youth

    Open AccessMarkowitz, Sara Markowitz et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2007Citada por: 3Referências: 32

  • Alcohol abuse and suicide attempts among youth

    Open AccessPinka Chatterji, Daval Dave et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2004