Does Expanding Health Insurance beyond Formal-Sector Workers
Encourage Informality? Measuring the Impact of Mexico’s Seguro Popular

Does Expanding Health Insurance beyond Formal-Sector Workers Encourage Informality? Measuring the Impact of Mexico’s Seguro Popular

Seguro Popular was introduced in 2002 to provide health insurance to the 50 million Mexicans without Social Security. This paper tests whether the program has had unintended consequences, distorting workers' incentives to operate in the inform...

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Main Authors:	Aterido, Reyes, Hallward-Driemeier, Mary, Pages, Carmen
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY BABIES BUSINESS CYCLE CITIES CLINICS DEPENDANTS DEPENDENT CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DWELLING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUALITY EXTENDED FAMILIES FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL LABOR MARKET FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE ACCESS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS INFORMAL SECTOR JOB SECURITY JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LABOR SURVEYS LABOUR LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKET WAGE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICINES MIGRATION NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF WORKERS NUTRITION OLDER PEOPLE OLDER WORKERS PENSIONS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY CHANGE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR FAMILIES PRIVATE COMPANY PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC POLICY RESPECT RETIREMENT RICHER PEOPLE SAFETY SAFETY NETS SALARIED EMPLOYMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYED SERVICE DELIVERY SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE SPOUSES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAINS WAGES WOMAN WORKER WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS
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