Abstract
The literature on the effects of social health insurance focuses on its stated goals, which are health status and financial protection. In contrast, we examine the effect of the Peruvian program on student performance using a sharp RDD. We use a unique individual-level database built from the merger of household survey data and standardized test scores from a national census. We find that social health insurance has large effects on mathematics and reading comprehension scores. The clearest mechanism is a lower incidence of anemia among children and family members.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1309-1325 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Health Economics (United Kingdom) |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Early online date | 27 Mar 2025 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2025 |
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Keywords
- Anemia
- Peru
- Social health insurance
- Test scores
- test scores
- social health insurance
- anemia
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