Replication data for: The Trade-Offs of Welfare Policies in Labor Markets with Informal Jobs: The Case of the "Seguro Popular" Program in Mexico
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Mariano Bosch; Raymundo M. Campos-Vazquez
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Project Citation:
Bosch, Mariano, and Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. Replication data for: The Trade-Offs of Welfare Policies in Labor Markets with Informal Jobs: The Case of the “Seguro Popular” Program in Mexico. 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/E114886V1
Project Description
Summary:
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In 2002, the Mexican government began an effort to improve health
access to the 50 million uninsured in Mexico, a program known as
Seguro Popular (SP). The SP offered virtually free health insurance
to informal workers, altering the incentives to operate in the formal
economy. We find that the SP program had a negative effect on the
number of employers and employees formally registered in small and
medium firms (up to 50 employees). Our results suggest that the positive gains of expanding health coverage should be weighed against the implications of the reallocation of labor away from the formal sector.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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E26 Informal Economy; Underground Economy
I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
J46 Informal Labor Markets
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
E26 Informal Economy; Underground Economy
I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
J46 Informal Labor Markets
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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