Adhvaryu Achyuta R, Nyshadham Anant
public health at Yale University.
Department of Economics at Yale University.
J Hum Resour. 2012 Spring;47(2):364-396. doi: 10.3368/jhr.47.2.364.
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.
我们研究了获得更好的医疗保健对坦桑尼亚患病儿童的上学和劳动力供给决策的影响。利用正规部门医疗保健成本的差异来预测治疗选择，我们发现获得更好的医疗保健可缩短患病时长，并改变儿童在上学和工作上的时间分配。由于获得了更好的医疗保健，孩子们每周上学的天数增加了，但每天的上课时长并未增加。对童工没有显著影响，但结果表明，花在诸如务农和放牧等体力消耗大的活动上的时间增加了。
