Public Medical Insurances and Subjective Well-Being in Rural China

Xinxin Ma ()
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Xinxin Ma: Hosei University

Chapter Chapter 10 in Public Medical Insurance Reforms in China, 2022, pp 217-240 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Using three-wave longitudinal data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study of 2011, 2013, and 2015, this study investigates the correlation between the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMSNew Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS)) and subjective well-being (SWB)Subjective well-being (SWB) among the middle-aged and the elderly in rural China. The dynamic fixed effects modelDynamic fixed effects model and lagged variable modelLagged variable model were used to address heterogeneity and other endogeneity problemsHeterogeneity and other endogeneity problem. The results suggest that the impact of the NRCMS on SWB is not significant, but the influences of the NRCMS differ by groups, its positive effect is greater for the group aged 70–79, high-incomeHigh-income group and individuals in central regions than the other groups.

Keywords: New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS); Subjective well-being; Rural China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-7790-8_10

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