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[12月30日]劳动经济学workshop

发布日期：2016-12-26 10:12    来源：北京大学国家发展研究院

时间：2016年12月30日（周五）2：00－3：30 pm

地点：北大国发院/中国经济研究中心小教室

主持人：雷晓燕 张丹丹

报告人：俞宁

题目：Affordable Care Encourages Healthy Living: Theory and Evidence from China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme

摘要：In developing a theory of medical insurance and health behavior with bequest motive, we discover that whether ex ante moral hazard or the opposite occurs hinges upon the differential effects of health behavior on morbidity and mortality. Providing insurance can encourage healthy liv- ing by making longevity more affordable. We test the theory utilizing a unique experiment of China introducing the New Cooperative Medical Scheme, unique in its long-term credibility necessary for our proposed channel. This scheme reduced cigarette use by around 9% and bolstered subjective perception of the importance of physical exercise and healthy diet. These effects depend significantly on the local culture of elderly care and the number of children. The empirics affirm a causal link be- tween concerns about negative bequest and unhealthy behavior, and how to break it.

报告人简介：俞宁，2015年从Stanford University获得经济学博士学位，现任Emory University经济系助理教授。俞宁老师的研究领域主要为：微观理论、行为与实验经济学、中国经济。俞宁老师曾在Economic Theory和Economics Letters等国际知名刊物发表数篇文章，并担任Economic Theory， Journal of Mathematical Economics， Journal of Economic Behavior& Organization， Journal of Economic Theory等国际知名刊物的匿名审稿人。


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