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1“...In 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid restructured the diagnosis related group (DRG) system by expanding the number of categories within a DRG to...”
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2“...ABSTRACT The Earned Income Tax Credit is the largest antipoverty program in the USA. In 1993, the Earned Income Tax Credit benefit levels were changed...”
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3“...In 1993, the benefit levels of the earned income tax credit (EITC) were changed significantly based on the number of children in the household. Exploiting this...”
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4by Averett, Susan L Bansak, Cynthia Smith, Julie K Published in Journal of family and economic issues (01.03.2021)“...Using three waves (2005, 2009 and 2013) of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA), and linear regression and probit analyses, we...”
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5“...Eating disorders are currently the deadliest mental disorder in the United States, affecting an estimated 12%–25% of all college women. Previous research has...”
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6Identification of the Effect of Depression on Risky Sexual Behavior: Exploiting a Natural Experiment“...Depression is pervasive in the US particularly among women. The costs in terms of direct medical costs and forgone earnings are substantial. This paper...”
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7“...Intimate partner violence (IPV) is widespread and has substantial negative consequences. Researchers have documented a strong positive correlation between...”
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8“...We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health to estimate effects of adolescent girls' overweight on their propensity to engage in...”
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9by Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes Susan L. Averett Cynthia A. Bansak Published in Journal of population economics (01.07.2016)“...Immigration policy is at the forefront of US policy discussions, and the use of welfare benefits by immigrants has been hotly debated. In 1996, Congress...”
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10“...The United States is in the midst of an opioid epidemic, and drug overdose deaths are becoming a leading cause of death. Meanwhile, in 2010, the United States...”
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11“...The increase in the prevalence of overweight children (ages 6-13 years) in the United States over the past two decades is likely to result in adverse public...”
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12“...We conduct the first study to examine the fetal health impact of light pollution based on a direct measure of skyglow, an important aspect of light pollution...”
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13by Susan L. Averett Laura M. Argys Daniel I. Rees Published in Journal of population economics (01.07.2011)“...Children with older siblings are more likely to engage in risky behavior than their firstborn counterparts. Although the relationship between birth order and...”
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14by Averett, Susan L Averett, Susan L Estelle, Sarah M Estelle, Sarah M Published in Review of economics of the household (01.12.2014)“...Numerous social marketing campaigns exhort parents to talk to their children about sexual abstinence, pregnancy risk, and sexually transmitted disease...”
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15“...This article examines the effect of minimum wage increases on the self-reported health of teenage workers. We use a difference-in-differences estimation...”
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16“...•We propose a new method to estimate the effect of relationship status on health.•Our method incorporates the dynamic nature of health and persistence in...”
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17by Averett, Susan L Averett, Susan L Fletcher, Erin K Fletcher, Erin K Published in Maternal and child health journal (01.03.2016)“...Objective To investigate the association between prepregnancy obesity and birth outcomes using fixed effect models comparing siblings from the same mother...”
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18“...We investigate income, marital status, and hourly pay differentials by body mass (kg/m 2) in a sample of 23- to 31-year-olds drawn from the 1988 NLSY. Obese...”
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19by Averett, Susan L Averett, Susan L Argys, Laura M Argys, Laura M Sorkin, Julia Sorkin, Julia Published in Review of economics of the household (01.12.2013)“...There is an extensive literature suggesting that marriage confers benefits to both men and women in the form of increased earnings, better health and a longer...”
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20by Susan L. Averett Laura M. Argys Jennifer C. Kohn Published in Eastern economic journal (01.04.2014)“...We contribute to the growing literature exploring the effect of social capital (SC) on health in several ways. First, we compare three different measures of SC...”