The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico

In this paper we study the causal effect of a large expansion of publicly provided health insurance on school enrollment rates and on children’s academic performance using the case of Mexico. Access to free health insurance could improve education...

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Main Authors:	Alcaraz, Carlo, Chiquiar, Daniel, Orraca, Maria Jose, Salcedo, Alejandrina
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	HEALTH INSURANCE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/110751565616629515/The-Effect-of-Publicly-Provided-Health-Insurance-on-Education-Outcomes-in-Mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32240

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spelling	okr-10986-322402021-05-25T10:54:42Z The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico Alcaraz, Carlo Chiquiar, Daniel Orraca, Maria Jose Salcedo, Alejandrina HEALTH INSURANCE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES In this paper we study the causal effect of a large expansion of publicly provided health insurance on school enrollment rates and on children’s academic performance using the case of Mexico. Access to free health insurance could improve education outcomes directly by making household members healthier or indirectly by raising the amount of resources available for education expenses. Using a panel of municipalities from 2007 to 2010, we find that the expansion of the Mexican public health insurance program, Seguro Popular, had a large positive, statistically significant effect on school enrollment rates and on standardized test scores. 2019-08-13T19:17:01Z 2019-08-13T19:17:01Z 2016-04-21 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/110751565616629515/The-Effect-of-Publicly-Provided-Health-Insurance-on-Education-Outcomes-in-Mexico World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32240 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	HEALTH INSURANCE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES
spellingShingle	HEALTH INSURANCE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES Alcaraz, Carlo Chiquiar, Daniel Orraca, Maria Jose Salcedo, Alejandrina The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico
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description	In this paper we study the causal effect of a large expansion of publicly provided health insurance on school enrollment rates and on children’s academic performance using the case of Mexico. Access to free health insurance could improve education outcomes directly by making household members healthier or indirectly by raising the amount of resources available for education expenses. Using a panel of municipalities from 2007 to 2010, we find that the expansion of the Mexican public health insurance program, Seguro Popular, had a large positive, statistically significant effect on school enrollment rates and on standardized test scores.
format	Journal Article
author	Alcaraz, Carlo Chiquiar, Daniel Orraca, Maria Jose Salcedo, Alejandrina
author_facet	Alcaraz, Carlo Chiquiar, Daniel Orraca, Maria Jose Salcedo, Alejandrina
author_sort	Alcaraz, Carlo
title	The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico
title_short	The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico
title_full	The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico
title_fullStr	The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico
title_sort	effect of publicly provided health insurance on education outcomes in mexico
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/110751565616629515/The-Effect-of-Publicly-Provided-Health-Insurance-on-Education-Outcomes-in-Mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32240
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The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico

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