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Does expanding health insurance beyond formal-sector workers encourage informality ? measuring the impact of Mexico's Seguro Popular (English)

Seguro Popular was introduced in 2002 to provide health insurance to the 50 million Mexicans without Social Security. This paper tests whether the program has had unintended consequences, distorting workers' incentives to operate in the informal sector. The analysis examines the impact of Seguro Popular on disaggregated labor market decisions, taking into account that program coverage depends not only on the individual's employment status, but also...
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Pages,Carmen; Aterido,Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier,Mary C..

Does expanding health insurance beyond formal-sector workers encourage informality ? measuring the impact of Mexico's Seguro Popular (English). Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)|Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5785 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/987711468299636126

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