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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Labor Supply, Schooling and the Returns to Healthcare in Tanzania
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| Autores: |
Adhvaryu, Achyuta
Nyshadham, Anant
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| Data: |
2011-06-09
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Labor supply
Health shocks
Schooling
Tanzania
Health Economics and Policy
Labor and Human Capital
I10
J22
J43
O12
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| Resumo: |
We estimate the effects of higher quality healthcare usage on health, labor supply and schooling outcomes for sick individuals in Tanzania. Using exogenous variation in the cost of formal sector healthcare to predict treatment choice, we show that using better quality care improves health outcomes and changes the allocation of time amongst productive activities. In particular, sick adults who receive better quality care reallocate time from non-farm to farm labor, leaving total labor hours unchanged. Among sick children, school attendance significantly increases as a result of receiving higher quality healthcare, but labor allocations are unaffected. We interpret these results as evidence that healthcare has heterogeneous effects on marginal productivity across productive activities and household members.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/107260
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| Relação: |
Yale University>Economic Growth Center>Center Discussion Papers
Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper
995
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| Formato: |
34
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