全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): From protection to reduction? The impact of the public health insurance scheme on child labour in Ghana

G2TT

来源类型	Discussion Paper
规范类型	工作论文
ISBN	978-3-96021-005-4
	From protection to reduction? The impact of the public health insurance scheme on child labour in Ghana
	Strupat, Christoph
发表日期	2016
出版年	2016
概述	This study empirically investigates whether the National Health Insurance Scheme affects child labour in Ghana. The findings suggest that the insurance scheme has a negative impact on out-of-pocket payments for health purposes which is accompanied by a substantial reduction of child labor incidence
摘要	Using the fourth and fifth wave of the Ghanaian Living Standard Household Survey, I empirically investigate whether the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme affects child labour in Ghana. My findings suggest that the implementation of the insurance scheme leads to a decrease in out-of-pocket payments for health purposes, which is linked to a substantial reduction in the incidence of child labour. Furthermore, I find that the overall reduction in child labour is strongest in rural areas and the agricultural sector. I conclude that the provision of public health insurance improves the financial protection of households, which removes the necessity for households to send their children to work. Thus, health insurance schemes seem to be an effective social protection instrument to fight child labour.
URL	https://www.die-gdi.de/en/discussion-paper/article/from-protection-to-reduction-the-impact-of-the-public-health-insurance-scheme-on-child-labour-in-ghana/
来源智库	German Development Institute (Germany)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/499942
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Strupat, Christoph. From protection to reduction? The impact of the public health insurance scheme on child labour in Ghana. 2016.

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