Inggrid, and Liem , Pei Fun (2017) The Consumption-Health Nexus Revisited: Examining the Benefits of Social Insurance for the Poor in Indonesia. [UNSPECIFIED]
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Abstract
Households in developing countries are typically more vulnerable to illness episodes. This paper uses a panel micro data set from Indonesia to investigate whether households are able to smooth their consumption against idiosyncratic health shocks and to examine the mitigating effects of a social health insurance programme for the poor on such shocks. We find that Indonesian households manage to keep consumption smooth after deterioration in adult health. These findings are robust to various health measures and different specifications. The difference-in-differences (DiD) estimator shows a marginal effect of the insurance programme on insuring household consumption from major health problems. Further investigation reveals heterogeneous effects of the social insurance programme. While it plays a trivial role in protecting rural households, the effect of the health intervention is stronger in urban areas of the country. We argue that supply-side factors seem to be partly responsible for this finding.
Item Type: | UNSPECIFIED |
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Additional Information: | http://www.sesric.org/pdf.php?file=ART15090701-2.pdf |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | consumption smoothing, health shocks, social health insurance |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance H Social Sciences |
Divisions: | Faculty of Economic > International Business Management Program |
Depositing User: | Admin |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2018 23:26 |
Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2019 05:36 |
URI: | https://repository.petra.ac.id/id/eprint/17742 |
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