Can Health Insurance Reduce School Absenteeism

Bibliographic Data

ID9729945
AuthorsRyan Yeung (0000-0001-5020-2581, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA, corresponding author), 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)
Year2011
Volume43
Issue6
Pages696-721
Publication date2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013124510381379
OpenAlexW1991642710
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

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