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...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 234 - 253 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2026
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