Health Seeking amid Violence: Evidence from the Philippines

Teresa Molina

Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, vol. 69, issue 1, 173 - 212

Abstract: That crime and conflict can negatively affect child health is well documented, but one potentially important mechanism has received little attention: Do increases in local violence reduce the utilization of curative and preventative care? Combining a database of violent events with the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey of the Philippines, I exploit within-location variation in violence over time. I find that violence reduces the probability that a mother takes her sick child to a health facility, gives birth in a hospital, or vaccinates her children.

Date: 2020
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