Replication data for: Does Abolishing User Fees Lead to Improved Health Status? Evidence from Post-apartheid South Africa

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Project Citation:

Tanaka, Shinsuke. Replication data for: Does Abolishing User Fees Lead to Improved Health Status? Evidence from Post-apartheid South Africa. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114870V1

Project Description

Summary: Whether user fees for health services should be charged or abolished for the poor has recently been debated. This study examines the impact on child health status of removing user fees in South Africa. Our main innovation is to exploit plausibly exogenous variation in access to free health care, due to the fact that black Africans under apartheid could exercise little political power and residential choice. We find substantial improvements in weight-for-age z-scores among ex ante similar children. Falsification exercises confirm no preexisting trend in the pre-reform period or no treatment effect among noneligible children in the post-reform period.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      H51 National Government Expenditures and Health
      I12 Health Behavior
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
      O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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