Why Does Disability Increase During Recessions? Evidence from Medicare
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JEL classification:
- H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
- J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
- J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2022-06-13 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2022-06-13 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2022-06-13 (Labour Economics)
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