主 题：The Impact of Fertility on the Elderly’s Healthcare Utilization
主讲人：张 亿
摘 要：This paper studies the causal effect of fertility on parental healthcare utilization in rural China. We use the instrumental variable approach to account for the potential endogeneity in the fertility choice, exploiting the exogenous variations in fertility induced by birth control policy in China. We find that having more children increases the formal and informal healthcare utilization. But the expenditure on formal and informal healthcare does not increase significantly except for men’s outpatient cost. Further mechanism analysis shows that the increased healthcare use is driven by the deteriorating physical and mental health. Meanwhile, with more children available, children are more likely to pay the out-of-pocket self-treatment cost and health check for the parents. And they are more likely to make monetary transfer to their parents, suggesting that the increased burden of healthcare utilization cost is partly borne by the children.
关于主讲人：
张 亿，博士毕业于荷兰蒂尔堡大学，现任中国人力资本与劳动经济研究中心助理教授。主要研究领域为健康经济学，劳动经济学，应用微观计量与政策分析。
时 间：2021年10月29日星期五12:30-1:50pm
地 点：学术会堂南楼608室
主办单位：人力资本与劳动经济研究中心