Response to: Mindset over matter: is parental health mindset an appropriate target for intervention?

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 1015-1016
Author(s):  
Alexandra Kain ◽  
Claudia Mueller ◽  
Brenda J. Golianu ◽  
Brooke N. Jenkins ◽  
Michelle A. Fortier
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Author(s):  
Pu Liao ◽  
Zhihong Dou ◽  
Xingxing Guo

This paper explores the role of basic medical insurance in protecting family investment in child education. First, this paper establishes a two-phase overlapping generation model to theoretically analyse the impact of basic medical insurance on investment in child education under the influence of the impact of parental health. The results show that health shock reduces parental investment in child education, and medical insurance significantly alleviates the negative impact of parental health shock on investment in child education. Furthermore, this paper establishes a two-way fixed effect regression model based on the data of China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) in 2014 and 2016 to empirically test the above results. The results showed that parental health shocks negatively affect investment in child education, and paternal health shock has a more significant impact than maternal health shock. However, medical insurance significantly reduces this negative impact, provides security in investment in child education, and promotes the improvement of human capital.





2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Elliott ◽  
Sam Morgan ◽  
Sara Day ◽  
Lisa Segal Mollerup ◽  
Winfred Wang


2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franz Westermaier ◽  
Brant Morefield ◽  
Andrea Mühlenweg


2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitney P. Witt ◽  
Carissa A. Gottlieb ◽  
John Hampton ◽  
Kristin Litzelman


2014 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 94-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Bratti ◽  
Mariapia Mendola




Author(s):  
Tianxiang Li ◽  
Beibei Wu ◽  
Fujin Yi ◽  
Bin Wang ◽  
Tomas Baležentis

There is little understanding about the effects of adult child migration on the health of elderly parents left behind in the light of economic contribution and time allocation (farm work and emotional cohesion). Using the pooled data from three latest issues of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in the rural areas, this study assesses the impact of child migration on parents’ health by employing instrumental variable approach to deal with the endogeneity problem. Overall, the evidence suggests that adult child migration impairs parental health as indicated by lower self-reported health (SRH), body mass index (BMI), physical activity of daily living (PADL), and higher depression score. Moreover, parents who are female, poorly-educated, and living with one adult child at least are the most vulnerable groups in terms of poor health outcomes. The negative impact of farming burden on the health of parents left behind outweighs the positive impact of economic support and emotional cohesion. Thus, child migration exerts a significantly negative impact on parental health. Establishing medical and social security systems for the elderly is important to complement the traditional family support in rural China.



2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 502-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Sberna Hinojosa ◽  
Ramon Hinojosa ◽  
Daniel Fernandez-Baca ◽  
Caprice Knapp ◽  
Lindsay A. Thompson


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