Health

Congratulations to UHERO’s Timothy Halliday

Congratulations to UHERO’s Timothy Halliday on his new publication in the Journal of Public Economics, “Intergenerational mobility in self-reported health status in the US.” Halliday and his coauthors show that including both parent health and income in models of intergenerational mobility increases the explanatory power of child outcomes, and document striking health mobility gaps by […]

Reopening Japanese Tourism in Hawaii: Is it Safe?

In this short policy brief, we aim to answer four questions. 1. Will Japanese tourists coming to Hawaii be COVID-19 free after taking a pre-departure PCR test? 2. Are some Japanese tourists likely to be infected in Hawaii and bring COVID-19 back to Japan? 3. Will the combination of a pre-departure test and a quarantine […]

The impact of Medicaid on medical utilization in a vulnerable population: Evidence from COFA migrants

In March 2015, the State of Hawaii stopped covering the majority of migrants from countries belonging to the Compact of Free Association (COFA) in its Medicaid program. COFA migrants were required to obtain private insurance in the exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act. Using statewide hospital discharge data, we show that Medicaid-funded hospitalizations and emergency […]

The Impact of the Medicaid Expiration on COFA Migrants and COVID19

By Timothy Halliday Policy Background [1] Under the Compacts of Free Association (COFA), citizens from three nation-states located in the Pacific Ocean (the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia) are given free entry to the United States. In return, the United States military has access to […]

The Mortality Effects of Reduced Medicaid Coverage Among International Migrants in Hawaii: 2012–2018

Objectives: To study the impact on mortality in Hawaii from the revoked state Medicaid program coverage in March 2015 for most Compact of Free Association (COFA) migrants who were nonblind, nondisabled, and nonpregnant. Methods: We computed quarterly crude mortality rates for COFA migrants, Whites, and Japanese Americans from March 2012 to November 2018. We employed […]

Publication: The Mortality Effects of Reduced Medicaid Coverage Among International Migrants in Hawaii: 2012–2018

Congratulations to UHERO’s Timothy Halliday on his publication in the American Journal of Public Health: The Mortality Effects of Reduced Medicaid Coverage Among International Migrants in Hawaii: 2012–2018 Related research:Blog: The Impact of Medicaid on Health Care Utilization among Hawai‘i’s COFA MigrantsResearch Paper: The Impact of Public Health Insurance on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable […]

COVID-19 recovery study

UHERO Research Fellow Ruben Juarez and collaborators from the John A. Burns School of Medicine are examining the recovery and progression of individuals with COVID-19 in order to design better strategies for the recovery of other infected individuals. The project is recruiting up to 100 participants who have tested positive over the last 60 days (anytime on […]

Labour market adjustment to third‐party competition: Evidence from Mexico

China’s exports reduce wages in importing countries, but few studies have looked at competition in third‐party markets. We examine labour market outcomes in Mexico’s apparel and textile sectors associated with US apparel and textile imports from China. Using data on US imports in conjunction with quarterly Mexican labour force surveys, we show that US imports from […]

UHERO’s Carl Bonham speaking to the Hawaii State House Select Committee on COVID-19