RISING AUTISM PREVALENCE: REAL OR DISPLACING OTHER MENTAL DISORDERS? EVIDENCE FROM DEMAND FOR AUXILIARY HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA.
Autism is a development disorder that has increased in prevalence from 0.5 to 14.7 per 1,000 children over 1970-2010. Using annual wages and provider counts from the American Community Survey and information from 21 regional development centers in California, we estimate the labor demand for auxilia...
| Publicado en: | Economic Inquiry Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 448 - 469 |
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