The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico

被引：11

作者：

Alcaraz, Carlo ^{[1
]}

Chiquiar, Daniel ^{[2
]}

Jose Orraca, Maria ^{[3
]}

Salcedo, Alejandrina ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Banco Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

[2] Banco Mexico, Gen Econ Res, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

[3] Univ Penn, Econ, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[4] Banco Mexico, Econ Measurement, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

来源：

WORLD BANK ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2017年 / 30卷

关键词：

SEGURO POPULAR PROGRAM; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; SCHOOL ENROLLMENT; INVESTMENT; NUTRITION; POVERTY; IMPACT; LABOR; POOR;

D O I：

10.1093/wber/lhw028

中图分类号：

F8 [财政、金融];

学科分类号：

0202 ;

摘要：

In this paper we study the causal effect of a large expansion of publicly provided health insurance on school enrollment rates and on children's academic performance using the case of Mexico. Access to free health insurance could improve education outcomes directly by making household members healthier or indirectly by raising the amount of resources available for education expenses. Using a panel of municipalities from 2007 to 2010, we find that the expansion of the Mexican public health insurance program, Seguro Popular, had a large positive, statistically significant effect on school enrollment rates and on standardized test scores.

引用

页码：S145 / S156

页数：12

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