Is There a Link between Foreclosure and Health?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Currie, Janet; Tekin, Erdal
• 署名单位: Princeton University; American University; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20120325
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 63-94
• 关键词: job loss; recessions good; mortgage; mortality; stress; INVESTMENT; IMPACT; times; cycle; bad

摘要

We investigate the relationship between foreclosures and hospital visits using data on all foreclosures and all hospital and emergency room visits from four states that were among the hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis. We find that living in a neighborhood with a spike in foreclosures is associated with significant increases in urgent unscheduled visits, including increases in visits for preventable conditions. The estimated relationships cannot be accounted for by increasing unemployment, declines in housing prices, migration, or by people switching from out-patient providers to hospitals. (JEL D14, F12, R31)