Health Care Reform and Farm Women's Off-Farm Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Taiwan

Health Care Reform and Farm Women's Off-Farm Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Taiwan

Do non-wage fringe benefits affect women's off-farm work decisions? We test the impact of the 1995 introduction of universal National Health Insurance (NHI) in Taiwan on off-farm labor force participation (LFP) among farm wives. Our results, based on a difference-in- differences approach, indic...

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Main Authors: Pei-An Liao, J. Edward Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2010-08-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Subjects:
agricultural households
difference-in-differences
farm wives
health care
insurance
labor force participation
off-farm
taiwan
Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/93218

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