We present evidence on the health impacts and mechanisms of a large expansion in non-contributory health insurance in … health services without co-pays. Our intent-to-treat estimates show that SP reduced child mortality by 7% in poor … municipalities, saving 861 children/year. The decline is driven mainly by deaths due to preventable causes, such as diarrhea and …

This paper examines the association between use of infertility treatment and infant and child health outcomes … likely had a negative effect on infant health. For twins born to older mothers, the mandates are also associated with small … evidence about longer term effects of the mandates on child health. The findings for twin birth outcomes suggest that positive …

Rwanda is among the few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the developing approaching universal health insurance … number of stand-alone community based health insurance schemes and gradually evolved into a unified social health insurance … plan. The country has also made remarkable progress in ameliorating child health, particularly since 2005, which coincides …

, it still is unclear whether these insurance expansions improve children's health, This paper exploits quasi … children's health, We find that access to insurance reduces childhood obesity and exerts positive and economically significant …Although a significant number of middle and low-income countries have expanded access to subsidized health insurance …