In recent years, Chinese local governments have experimented with integrating the social
health insurance system segmented between rural and urban areas to unify the …

In 1968, the Taiwanese government extended compulsory education from 6 to 9 years and
opened over 150 new junior high schools at a differential rate among regions. Within each …

Decisions to purchase insurance should be a perfect place to see economic theory at work
in general, and behavioral economics at work in particular. We have well‐developed …

This paper describes the results of a policy experiment conducted in coordination with the
Nigerian government. In this experiment, some communities were randomly selected to …

Background People with disabilities often incur higher costs for healthcare, due to higher
needs, greater indirect costs, and the need for services not offered by the public system. Yet …

This paper examines the effect of energy production on health using a recent strike that
affected oil refineries in France as a natural experiment. First, we show that the temporary …

349 abortion reform: birth effects of, 451; fertility control and, 451; high-risk births and,
325n5; infant mortality and, 309; Roe v. Wade, 451–52; structural estimates of, 456–58; …

Although less than a third of the population in developing countries is covered by health
insurance, the number has been on the rise. Many countries have implemented national …

This paper aimed to assess the short term effects of the More Doctors Program, launched by
the Brazilian federal government in 2013. Using a differences-in-differences approach with …

This study investigates the effect of a nationwide maternal health programme that targets
both demand-and supply-side factors on the nutritional status of children under five years …