{"title":"The Impact of Social Health Insurance on Student Performance: Evidence From an RDD in Peru","authors":"Miguel Angel Carpio, Lucero Gomez, Pablo Lavado","doi":"10.1002/hec.4961","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n <p>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.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":12847,"journal":{"name":"Health economics","volume":"34 7","pages":"1309-1325"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health economics","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.4961","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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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.
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This Journal publishes articles on all aspects of health economics: theoretical contributions, empirical studies and analyses of health policy from the economic perspective. Its scope includes the determinants of health and its definition and valuation, as well as the demand for and supply of health care; planning and market mechanisms; micro-economic evaluation of individual procedures and treatments; and evaluation of the performance of health care systems.
Contributions should typically be original and innovative. As a rule, the Journal does not include routine applications of cost-effectiveness analysis, discrete choice experiments and costing analyses.
Editorials are regular features, these should be concise and topical. Occasionally commissioned reviews are published and special issues bring together contributions on a single topic. Health Economics Letters facilitate rapid exchange of views on topical issues. Contributions related to problems in both developed and developing countries are welcome.
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