Early-Life Access to a Basic Health Care Program and Adult Outcomes in Indonesia
Access to primary care during early life can have substantial benefits in developing countries. This study evaluates the long-run impact of the Village Midwife Program in Indonesia. It utilizes the roll-out-variation of the program and link individ...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515461589292229282/Early-Life-Access-to-a-Basic-Health-Care-Program-and-Adult-Outcomes-in-Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33755 |
| Summary: | Access to primary care during early life
can have substantial benefits in developing countries. This
study evaluates the long-run impact of the Village Midwife
Program in Indonesia. It utilizes the roll-out-variation of
the program and link individual background and community
characteristics in early childhood to adult outcomes in the
Indonesian Family Life Survey. It finds that the presence of
a midwife in a community in utero leads to an improvement in
overall health, cognition, and economic outcomes among men,
but not for women. Greater receipt of antenatal care and
skilled birth-attendance could, in part, drive these results. |
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