The Impact of a Universal Health Coverage Scheme on Precautionary Savings: Evidence from Thailand.
This study examines the impact of Thailand's Bt30 universal health care scheme on household saving behavior using Thai Household Socio-Economic Survey data from 2000, 2001, and 2004. Using two difference-in-differences approaches, I find that saving behavior changed after the scheme's introduction....
| Publicado en: | Economic Development & Cultural Change Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 1203 - 1238 |
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University of Chicago Press
Apr2021
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