Education returns to a public health insurance program: Evidence from Rwanda

Aimable Nsabimana and Fadzayi Chingwere

No wp-2025-73, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We study the spillover effects of a large-scale public health insurance programme on early learning outcomes in Rwanda. The policy, the community based health insurance programme, which expands affordable healthcare services especially among rural and low-income families, was introduced in different district hospitals at different times.

Keywords: Health insurance; Learning; Healthcare; Public healthcare; Rwanda (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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