TY - UNPB
T1 - The Spending Responses to Adverse Health Shocks:Evidence from a Panel of Colombian Households
AU - Cortes, Darwin
AU - Gallegos, Andrés
AU - Pérez Pérez, Jorge
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - We analyze the effect of adverse health shocks on households’ different expenditure shares using a difference in differences approach. We find that households engage in substitution between health and food spending in response to the negative health shocks. We find substantial heterogeneity in this trade-off between current and future health mediated by access to social protection, job contract type, and location (urban-rural). Households from rural areas, with heads holding informal jobs, and without access to safety nets, are more vulnerable than others. We discuss several policy implications.
AB - We analyze the effect of adverse health shocks on households’ different expenditure shares using a difference in differences approach. We find that households engage in substitution between health and food spending in response to the negative health shocks. We find substantial heterogeneity in this trade-off between current and future health mediated by access to social protection, job contract type, and location (urban-rural). Households from rural areas, with heads holding informal jobs, and without access to safety nets, are more vulnerable than others. We discuss several policy implications.
UR - https://jorgeperezperez.com/files/CGP.pdf
U2 - 10.31219/osf.io/vh2qa
DO - 10.31219/osf.io/vh2qa
M3 - Working paper
SP - 1
EP - 34
BT - The Spending Responses to Adverse Health Shocks:Evidence from a Panel of Colombian Households
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