Plausibly Exogenous [1721] - Infant Mortality (10/19/2024)

LHS Variable
Infant mortality

RHS Variable
Access to public health insurance

Source of Exogenous Variation
Cross-state variation in mandated eligibility for Medicaid with two influenza pandemics that arrived shortly before and after the program’s introduction in 1965

- Clay, Lewis, Severnini, and Wang (2024), “The Value of Health Insurance during a Crisis: Effects of Medicaid Implementation on Pandemic Influenza Mortality”