Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Debebe, Z.Y.
Author-Name-Last: Debebe
Author-Name-First: Zelalem Yilma
Author-Person: pde611
Author-Name: Mebratie, A.D.
Author-Name-Last: Mebratie
Author-Name-First: Anagaw
Author-Name: Sparrow, R.A.
Author-Name-Last: Sparrow
Author-Name-First: Robert
Author-Person: psp22
Author-Name: Dekker, M.
Author-Name-Last: Dekker
Author-Name-First: Marleen
Author-Name: Alemu, G.
Author-Name-Last: Alemu
Author-Name-First: Getnet
Author-Name: Bedi, A.S.
Author-Name-Last: Bedi
Author-Name-First: Arjun Singh
Author-Person: pbe710
Title: Impact of Ethiopia’s Community Based Health Insurance on household economic welfare
Abstract: In 2011, the Government of Ethiopia launched a pilot Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme. This paper uses three rounds of household survey data, collected before and after the introduction of the CBHI pilot, to assess the impact of the scheme on household consumption, income, indebtedness and livestock holdings. We find that enrolment leads to a 5 percentage point – or 13 percent – decline in the probability of borrowing and is associated with an increase in household income. There is no evidence that enrolling in the scheme affects consumption or livestock holdings. Our results show that the scheme reduces reliance on potentially harmful coping responses such as borrowing. This paper adds to the relatively small body of work which rigorously evaluates the impact of CBHI schemes on economic welfare.
Length: 27
Creation-Date: 2014-08-08
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/51734/wp590.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:euriss
Handle: RePEc:ems:euriss:51734