TY  - SER
AU  - Dupas, Pascaline
AU  -  Jain, Radhika
TI  - Women Left Behind: Gender Disparities in Utilization of Government Health Insurance in India
SN  - 0002-8282
PB  - American Economic Review
KW  -  Economic Development
KW  -  Human Development
KW  -  Income Distribution
KW  -  National Government Expenditures
KW  -  Non-labor Discrimination
KW  - Economics of Gender
N2  - We document large gender disparities within a government program that entitles 46 million poor individuals to free hospital care. We show that care is not free in practice and higher costs are associated with larger disparities. Lowering care costs increases female utilization but does not reduce gender disparities because marginal beneficiaries are as likely to be male as inframarginals. Long-term exposure to local female leaders reduces disparities by addressing factors lowering female care. In the presence of gender bias, subsidizing social services may fail to address gender inequalities without actions that specifically target females
UR  - https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20230521
ER  -