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Borrowing to cope with adverse health events: liquidity constraints, insurance coverage, and unsecured debt
Patryk Babiarz1, Richard Widdows, Tansel Yilmazer
1Department of Consumer Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Abstract:
This article uses data from the Health and Retirement Study for 1998-2010 to investigate whether households respond to the financial stress caused by health problems by increasing their unsecured debt. Results show both the probability of having unsecured debt and the amount of debt increase after an adverse health event among households with low financial assets, who are uninsured, or who have less generous health insurance. The effect of health problems on borrowing is caused by both medical expenditures and disruptions to the income stream. Unsecured debt seems to remain on some households' balance sheets for an extended period.
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