Data and Code for: Health effects of increasing income for the elderly: evidence from a Chilean pension program

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Enrico Miglino, Department of Economics, University College London; Nicolas Navarrete, Department of Economics, City, University of London; Gonzalo Navarrete, onco-geriatrics, Hospital Clinico de la Universidad de Chile.; Pablo Navarrete, Institute of Housing, Universidad de Chile;

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Project Citation:

Miglino, Enrico, Navarrete, Nicolas, Navarrete, Gonzalo, and Navarrete, Pablo. Data and Code for: Health effects of increasing income for the elderly: evidence from a Chilean pension program. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-01-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/E155601V1

Project Description

Summary:

We estimate the effect of a permanent income increase on the

health outcomes of the elderly poor. Our regression discontinuity

design exploits an eligibility cut-off in a Chilean basic pension program

that grants monthly payments to retirees without a contributory

pension. Using administrative data we find that, four years

after applying, basic pension recipients are 2.7 percentage points

less likely to have died. Survey evidence suggests an increase in

food consumption and visits to health centers as relevant drivers

of the mortality reduction.

Funding Sources: Development Bank of Latin America (CAF)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I14 Health and Inequality
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      J14 Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination

Geographic Coverage: Chile

Time Period(s): 2011 – 2016

Collection Date(s): 2011 – 2016

Universe: All basic pension applicants in Chile

Data Type(s): administrative records data; census/enumeration data; survey data

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