Schooling, Child Labor, and the Returns to Healthcare in Tanzania
利用坦桑尼亚数据,研究获得更好医疗对患病儿童上学和劳动时间分配的影响,发现医疗改善缩短病程,增加每周上学天数但不增加每日学时,对童工无显著影响但增加体力劳动时间。
We study the effects of accessing better healthcare on the schooling and labor supply decisions of sick children in Tanzania. Using variation in the cost of formal-sector healthcare to predict treatment choice, we show that accessing better healthcare decreases length of illness and changes children's allocation of time to school and work. Children attend school for more days per week—but not for more hours per day—as a result of accessing better healthcare. There are no significant effects on child labor, but the results suggest that time spent in physically strenuous activities such as farming and herding increases.