The implication of health insurance for child development and maternal nutrition: evidence from China.

摘要: We use the implementation of new rural cooperative medical scheme (NCMS) in China to investigate effect health insurance on maternal nutrition and child health. Given uneven roll-out NCMS across counties, we are able deploy its as a natural experiment order obviate problems adverse selection that typically plague research effects insurance. find that, among children, has greatest positive infants between birth 5 years age. Also, with respect female nutritional status, our models show women childbearing age (aged 16 35), indicating who benefit from benefits may, turn, give healthier babies. Thus, taken together, findings indicate plays an important role dynamics China.