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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2025
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Texto para discussão No. 701
Verlag: 
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Departamento de Economia, Rio de Janeiro
Zusammenfassung: 
Do households value access to free health insurance when making labor supply decisions? We address this question by exploiting the 2002 introduction of universal health insurance in Mexico (Seguro Popular, SP), that broke the link between access to health care and job contract. Reduced-form estimates show that SP increased informality among less educated families with children by 3.5%. We develop and estimate a household search model that incorporates the value of formal sector amenities relative to pre-reform alternatives, and the value of health insurance. Model estimates show that households value SP by, at most, 1.33 per unit of net cost.
Schlagwörter: 
Search
Household behavior
Health insurance
Informality
Unemployment
JEL: 
J64
D10
I13
J46
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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