Protective effects of health insurance against disasters: An insight from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Michio Yuda; Jinkook Lee

doi:10.1017/S1474747221000214

Protective effects of health insurance against disasters: An insight from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Michio Yuda, Jinkook Lee

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The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 and it's massive tidal waves wreaked devastating damage on residences and communities along 400 km of the Pacific coast in Japan. Using the panel data from the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement, we estimate the effects of this disaster on individual health, finding a significant negative impact on the health of those in the area. In addition, we exploit a discontinuous decrease in copayments for medical care at the age of 70 years and find that the reduction in copayment increased medical and long-term care utilization and significantly reduced health deterioration after the earthquake.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747221000214
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2021

Keywords

difference-in-differences
health
health insurance
natural disasters
the Great East Japan Earthquake
triple differences

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Protective effects of health insurance against disasters: An insight from the Great East Japan Earthquake

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