Determinants of Participation in Public Medical Insurance Systems: A Comparison Between Urban and Rural Residents

Xinxin Ma ()
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Xinxin Ma: Hosei University

Chapter Chapter 6 in Public Medical Insurance Reforms in China, 2022, pp 115-135 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Using the data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal StudyChina Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) of 2011, this study tests three hypotheses and verifies the determinants of participationParticipation in public medical insurancesPublic medical insurance in rural and urban areasRural and urban area. Several major conclusions have been drawn. First, we find differences in the participation probabilityParticipation probability between rural and urban residents. This is because the establishment and implementation of public medical insurance programs differ between rural and urban areas. Second, the liquidity constraints hypothesisLiquidity constraints hypothesis is rejected, whereas the adverse selection hypothesisAdverse selection hypothesis is supported. Lastly, education, gender, and drinking behavior affect participation probabilities as well; however, the effects vary between rural and urban residents.

Keywords: Medical insurance; Liquidity constraints hypothesis; Adverse selection hypothesis; Rural and urban residents; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-7790-8_6

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