Parental health shocks and schooling: The impact of mutual health insurance in Rwanda

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• 作者：Maame Esi Woode^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^{Maame.Woode@lstmed.ac.uk}
• 关键词：Rwanda ; Human capital ; Economic impact ; Health shocks ; Schooling ; Overlapping generations model ; Propensity scores
• 刊名：Social Science & Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：173
• 期：Complete
• 页码：35-47
• 全文大小：1300 K
• 卷排序：173

文摘

Insurance can protect children against negative effects of parental health shock. The negative effects of a father's health shock affects schooling for all children. The effect is found when shocks are either sudden or severe. The effect is mitigated in the case of insurance. The effect for mother's is felt only by female children when the shock is severe.