The Effect of Health Insurance on Child Nutritional Outcomes. Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Peru
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- Bernal, Noelia & Costa-Font, Joan & Ritter, Patricia, 2022. "The Effect of Health Insurance on Child Nutritional Outcomes. Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Peru," IZA Discussion Papers 15490, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
children’s health; obesity; overweight; public health insurance; health behaviors; nutrition; breast-feeding;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2022-09-26 (Development)
- NEP-LAM-2022-09-26 (Central and South America)
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