Replication data for: The Burgeoning Health Care Needs of Aging Prisoners

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Hessam Bavafa; Anita Mukherjee

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Project Citation:

Bavafa, Hessam, and Mukherjee, Anita. Replication data for: The Burgeoning Health Care Needs of Aging Prisoners. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114531V1

Project Description

Summary: We estimate the increasing health care needs of American inmates by combining data on inmate demographics and national health trends. Decades of harsh punishment combined with demographic shifts have led to a "greying" prison population that is a source of concern for policymakers. Our estimates reveal that inmate health care needs are significant and growing beyond what is predicted by their age profile. While the fraction of inmates aged 40 or more increased by 49 percent between 1996 and 2004, the prevalence of medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and cancer among inmates grew between 177 and 268 percent.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
      I12 Health Behavior
      J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
      J14 Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
      K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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V1 [2019-10-13]

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