Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/195222 
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Year of Publication: 
2015
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[Journal:] Latin American Economic Review [ISSN:] 2196-436X [Volume:] 24 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 8 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 1-10
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes whether Mexico's de-facto non-contributory health insurance program Seguro Popular had an effect on the risk of miscarriage during pregnancy. Using data on pregnancies over the 2004-08 period from the 2009 round of the National Survey on Demographic Dynamics (ENADID), and employing the staggered roll-out of the program as an identification strategy, it is found that it resulted in a significant reduction in the risk of a miscarriage. For the target population, a one percentage point increase in eligibility is found to decrease miscarriages by .04 percentage point at the average.
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Miscarriages
Health insurance
Mexico
JEL: 
I13
I15
I18
O12
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