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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6190-6212 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Applied Economics |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 58 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
JEL classifications
- i13 - Health Insurance, Public and Private
- j22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Keywords
- Health insurance
- Viet Nam
- Vietnam
- developing world
- employment
- health care
- health care fund for the poor
- health insurance
- labor participation
- labor supply
- labour supply
- living standard
- minority group
- service provision
- socioeconomic survey
- strategic approach
- MEDICAID
- FORCE PARTICIPATION
- DETERMINANTS
- COVERAGE
- ADULTS
- IMPACT
- EMPLOYMENT
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of health insurance on labour supply
T2 - evidence from the health care fund for the poor in Vietnam
AU - Lê, N.
AU - Groot, W.
AU - Tomini, S.M.
AU - Tomini, F.
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The expansion of health insurance in emerging countries raises concerns about the unintended negative effects of health insurance on labour supply. This article examines the labour supply effects of the Health Care Fund for the Poor (HCFP) in Vietnam in terms of the number of work hours per month and labour force participation (the probability of employment). Employing various matching methods combined with a Difference-in-Differences approach on the Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys 2002–2006, we show that the HCFP, which aims to provide poor people and disadvantaged minority groups with free health insurance, has a negative effect on labour supply. This is manifested in both the average number of hours worked per month and the probability of employment, suggesting the income effect of the HCFP. Interestingly, the effects are mainly driven by the non-poor recipients living in rural areas, raising the question of the targeting strategy of the programme. © 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
AB - The expansion of health insurance in emerging countries raises concerns about the unintended negative effects of health insurance on labour supply. This article examines the labour supply effects of the Health Care Fund for the Poor (HCFP) in Vietnam in terms of the number of work hours per month and labour force participation (the probability of employment). Employing various matching methods combined with a Difference-in-Differences approach on the Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys 2002–2006, we show that the HCFP, which aims to provide poor people and disadvantaged minority groups with free health insurance, has a negative effect on labour supply. This is manifested in both the average number of hours worked per month and the probability of employment, suggesting the income effect of the HCFP. Interestingly, the effects are mainly driven by the non-poor recipients living in rural areas, raising the question of the targeting strategy of the programme. © 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
KW - Health insurance
KW - Viet Nam
KW - Vietnam
KW - developing world
KW - employment
KW - health care
KW - health care fund for the poor
KW - health insurance
KW - labor participation
KW - labor supply
KW - labour supply
KW - living standard
KW - minority group
KW - service provision
KW - socioeconomic survey
KW - strategic approach
KW - MEDICAID
KW - FORCE PARTICIPATION
KW - DETERMINANTS
KW - COVERAGE
KW - ADULTS
KW - IMPACT
KW - EMPLOYMENT
U2 - 10.1080/00036846.2019.1613509
DO - 10.1080/00036846.2019.1613509
M3 - Article
SN - 0003-6846
VL - 51
SP - 6190
EP - 6212
JO - Applied Economics
JF - Applied Economics
IS - 58
ER -