Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272931 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1299
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Publicly financed Community Based-Health Insurance (CBHI) schemes are typically implemented in developing countries to foster healthcare utilization and improve health outcomes among low-income households. Using the Demographic and Health Survey from 2005 to 2016, we estimate the effects of the Ethiopian CBHI on children's health. Difference-in-differences estimates show that CBHI reduced mortality and the probability of being underweight among children under five. We also find that CBHI significantly reduces wasting, a measure of short-term nutritional deficiency or health conditions, but not stunting, known to be an indicator of long-term chronic malnutrition. Potential mechanisms underlying our results are improved maternal health, access to health care, nutrition and a reduced risk of poverty.
Subjects: 
community-based health insurance
children health
infant feeding
Difference in Differences approach
JEL: 
G52
I13
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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