Sarah Miller, from Michigan University, will be at Nova SBE for an Economics seminar.

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Multi-Generational Impacts of Childhood Access to the
Safety Net: Early Life Exposure to Medicaid and the
Next Generation's Health
Chloe N. Easty Sarah Millerz Marianne Pagex Laura R. Wherry{
February 7, 2022
Abstract
We examine multi-generational impacts of positive in utero health interventions using a new research design that exploits sharp increases in prenatal Medicaid eligibility that occurred in some states. Our analyses are based on U.S. Vital Statistics Natality files, which enables linkages between individuals’ early life Medicaid exposure and the next generation’s health at birth. We find evidence that the health benefits associated with treated generations’ early life program exposure extend to later offspring. Our results suggest that the returns on early life health investments may be substantively underestimated.