Conti, Gabriella; Ginja, Rita - 2016
We present evidence on the health impacts and mechanisms of a large expansion in non-contributory health insurance in … Mexico. The Seguro Popular (SP) was rolled out in 2002-2010 across municipalities, providing exogenous variation in access to … health services without co-pays. Our intent-to-treat estimates show that SP reduced child mortality by 7% in poor …