Empirical Study on the Impact of Urban and Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance on Children's Educational Outcomes

Frontiers in Public Health

Qing Zhou¹  Jianing Xing²  Gandan Xiao²  Hua Chen² 

[1] School of Finance and Economics, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou, China;School of Insurance, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China;

关键词: basic medical insurance;    educational outcome;    channel effect;    double selection lasso;    propensity score matching;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2021.764364

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper employs data from the 2016 and 2018 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) to study the impact of participation in Urban and Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance (URRBMI) on children's educational outcomes by using the logit model, double selection Lasso model, and propensity score matching. It is found that participating in URRBMI has no significant effect on children's Chinese performance, but has a significant negative effect on children's mathematics performance. The negative effect is more obvious for children who participating in the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS). The paper also studies the channel effects of participation in URRBMI on children's educational outcomes trough two different ways. It is noticed that both channel effects are not significant, that is, participation in URRBMI neither improves children's health nor changes household education expenditures.

【 授权许可】

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