Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207431 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12606
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
States are increasingly resorting to raising the minimum wage to boost the earnings of those at the bottom of the income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of the children of immigrants. Their parents are disproportionately represented in minimum wage jobs, typically have less access to health care and are a growing part of the U.S. labor force. Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy and data drawn from the National Health Interview Survey from the years 2000 - 2015, we examine whether children of low-educated immigrants experience any changes in health or access to care when the minimum wage increases.
Subjects: 
minimum wage
immigrant children
access to care
health insurance
health
JEL: 
J15
I12
I13
I14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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