Urban Institute

About: Urban Institute is a nonprofit organization based out in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Medicaid & Population. The organization has 927 authors who have published 2330 publications receiving 86426 citations.

Correlations between Frequencies of Kin

Abstract: Recent years have seen the development of formal and microsimulation models of the structure and dynamics of kin networks These models generally assume uncorrelated fertility within and across generations Several sets of real data, however, show positive correlations between the frequencies of various categories of kin This paper uses formal models to calculate the correlations that will exist between certain categories of kin even if mothers and daughters have independent fertility Mechanisms by which fertility might be transmitted from mothers to their daughters are considered and the implications for kin correlations are evaluated

The Balance Sheets of Low-Income Households: What We Know About Their Assets and Liabilities.

Abstract: This report synthesizes current research and other available information on the assets and liabilities of low-income households into a variety of portraits. These data allow practitioners and researchers to begin to form a comprehensive representation of the balance sheets of low-income households and sets the stage for future research and policy discussion around the finances of low-income households.

Credit where it is due: Investigating pathways from earned income tax credit expansion to maternal mental health.

Abstract: While earned income tax credit (EITC) expansions are typically associated with improvements in maternal mental health, little is known about the mechanisms through which the program affects this outcome The EITC could primarily affect mental health through changes in family financial resources, changes in labor supply or changes in health insurance coverage of participants We attempt to disentangle these mechanisms by assessing the effects of state and federal EITC expansion on mental health, employment, and health insurance by maternal marital status We find that federal EITC expansions are associated with improved self-reported mental health for all mothers and large positive effects on employment for unmarried mothers State EITC expansions are associated with improvements in mental health for married mothers only and have no effect on employment for married or unmarried mothers Overall and for most subgroups of mothers, we find little association between EITC expansions and changes in health insurance coverage These findings suggest that while EITC expansions improved mental health for unmarried mothers through a combination of the credit and employment effects, for married mothers, improved mental health is driven through the direct credit alone

The Growth of Control? Changes in Local Land-Use Regulation in Major U.S. Metropolitan Areas From 1994 to 2003

Abstract: Amid concerns that increasingly stringent local land-use regulations are constraining housing development across the United States, there is a need for an empirical investigation into wheth...

Most Uninsured Adults Could Schedule Primary Care Appointments Before The ACA, But Average Price Was $160

Abstract: Provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allow millions more Americans to obtain health insurance. However, a sizable number of people remain uninsured because they live in states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage or because they feel that Marketplace coverage is not affordable. Using data from a ten-state telephone survey in which callers posed as patients, we examined prices for primary care visits offered by physician offices to new uninsured patients in 2012–13, prior to ACA insurance expansions. Patients were quoted a mean price of $160. Significantly lower prices for the uninsured were offered by family practice offices compared to general internists, in offices participating in Medicaid managed care plans, and in federally qualified health centers. Prices were also lower for offices in ZIP codes with higher poverty rates. Only 18 percent of uninsured callers were told that they could bring less than the full amount to the visit and arrange to pay the rest later. ACA insurance expansions c...