Examining the association of changes in minimum wage with health across race/ethnicity and gender in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The minimum wage creates both winners (through wage increases) and-potentially-losers (through job losses). Research on the health effects of minimum wage policies has been sparse, particularly across gender and among racial/ethnic minorities. We test the impact of minimum wage increases on health outcomes, health behaviors and access to healthcare across gender and race/ethnicity.

Methods

Using 1993-2014 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, variables for access to healthcare (insurance coverage, missed care due to cost), health behavior (exercise, fruit, vegetable and alcohol consumption) and health outcomes (self-reported fair/poor health, hypertension, poor physical health days, poor mental health days, unhealthy days) were regressed on the

SUBMITTER: Narain KDC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6686560 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature