Does Expanding Health Insurance beyond Formal-Sector Workers Encourage Informality? Measuring the Impact of Mexico’s Seguro Popular

Does Expanding Health Insurance beyond Formal-Sector Workers Encourage Informality? Measuring the Impact of Mexico’s Seguro Popular

Seguro Popular was introduced in 2002 to provide health insurance to the 50 million Mexicans without Social Security. This paper tests whether the program has had unintended consequences, distorting workers' incentives to operate in the inform...

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Main Authors: Aterido, Reyes, Hallward-Driemeier, Mary, Pages, Carmen
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY
BABIES
BUSINESS CYCLE
CITIES
CLINICS
DEPENDANTS
DEPENDENT CHILDREN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DWELLING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EDUCATED WOMEN
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELDERLY
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EQUALITY
EXTENDED FAMILIES
FAMILIES
FEMALE
FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
FORMAL EDUCATION
FORMAL LABOR MARKET
FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS
GENDER
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE ACCESS
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SERVICES
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS
INFORMAL SECTOR
JOB SECURITY
JOBS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET REFORMS
LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SURVEYS
LABOUR
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MARKET WAGE
MEDICAL FACILITIES
MEDICINES
MIGRATION
NUMBER OF ADULTS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NUTRITION
OLDER PEOPLE
OLDER WORKERS
PENSIONS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR FAMILIES
PRIVATE COMPANY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC POLICY
RESPECT
RETIREMENT
RICHER PEOPLE
SAFETY
SAFETY NETS
SALARIED EMPLOYMENT
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SELF EMPLOYED
SERVICE DELIVERY
SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS
SOCIAL BENEFITS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SPOUSE
SPOUSES
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
UNSKILLED WORKERS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATIONS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WAGE GAINS
WAGES
WOMAN
WORKER
WORKERS
YOUNGER WORKERS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110831083052
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3548

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