American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and county-level health outcomes

A series of studies have supported the economic benefits from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), however, there is little evidence to demonstrate its impact on local health. We test the direct and indirect (through county-level poverty and household income) effects of ARRA expenditures per-capita on five types of county-level health outcomes. Based on Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) regression models, a 10% increase in ARRA...