The effect of publicly provided health insurance on academic performance in Mexico

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In this paper we study the causal effect of a large expansion of publicly provided health insurance on children's academic performance using the case of Mexico. In general, 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 2009, we find that the expansion of the Mexican public health insurance program, Seguro Popular, had a positive, statistically significant effect on standardized test scores of primary school children.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Papers ; No. 2012-10

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Health Insurance, Public and Private ; Health and Economic Development ; Education and Economic Development ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
• Subject: Health insurance ; Public health ; Seguro Popular ; Mexico ; Education ; Test scores ; Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung ; Bildungsverhalten ; Schüler ; Mexiko

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Alcaraz, Carlo ; Chiquiar, Daniel ; Orraca, María José ; Salcedo, Alejandrina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Banco de México
• (where): Ciudad de México
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/83699
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET