Growing up without health insurance: Evidence from rural China

Guanfu Fang, Xin Li and Tianyu Tang

Health Economics, 2024, vol. 33, issue 2, 363-390

Abstract: This paper examines the long‐term effects of health insurance on children's educational attainment in a developing country. Utilizing the county‐by‐county rollout of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme in rural China, we find that exposure to the health insurance program in early life leads to improved educational attainment in adulthood. Empirical tests suggest that a short‐term increase in health care utilization is unlikely to be a potential channel. We provide some evidence for the channel that health insurance reduces household financial burdens and increases household expenditure on children's nutrition.

Date: 2024
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