Does Health Insurance Coverage Lead to Better Health and Educational Outcomes? Evidence from Rural China
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- Chen, Yuyu & Jin, Ginger Zhe, 2012. "Does health insurance coverage lead to better health and educational outcomes? Evidence from rural China," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 31(1), pages 1-14.
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JEL classification:
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2010-10-16 (China)
- NEP-HEA-2010-10-16 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2010-10-16 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2010-10-16 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-MFD-2010-10-16 (Microfinance)
- NEP-TRA-2010-10-16 (Transition Economics)
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