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Parents' legal status and children's health insurance: Evidence from DACA.

Fear of immigration enforcement may deter undocumented parents from enrolling their US‐born children in public health insurance. This paper examines the effect of providing legal status to parents through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on health insurance among US‐born chi...

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Published in:Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 234 - 253
Main Author: Tran, Nhan
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2026
Subjects:
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (U.S.)
Health insurance
Regression discontinuity design
Children of undocumented immigrants
Children's health
Immigration enforcement
Status (Law)
Medicaid eligibility
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