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Education returns to a public health insurance program: Evidence from Rwanda

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  • Aimable Nsabimana
  • Fadzayi Chingwere

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We study the spillover effects of a large-scale public health insurance programme on early learning outcomes in Rwanda. The policy, the community based health insurance programme, which expands affordable healthcare services especially among rural and low-income families, was introduced in different district hospitals at different times.

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  • Aimable Nsabimana & Fadzayi Chingwere, 2025. "Education returns to a public health insurance program: Evidence from Rwanda," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2025-73, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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