The Impact of Poverty Assistance on Children's Health from the Perspective of New Human Capital:An Empirical Analysis Based on CEPS Data
Poverty assistance in the field of basic education represents a crucial strategic measure for targeted poverty alleviation through education in China.This paper empirically examines the impact of poverty assistance on children's health based the data of two waves of China Education Panel Survey(CEPS)by fixed-effects model with propensity score matching from perspective of new human capital.The findings reveal that poverty assistance significantly enhances children's health levels of both physical and mental health.The results remain robust when different matching methods are applied for verification.Further analysis indicates that medical insurance(specifically the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme)mediates the improvement effect of poverty assistance on children's physical health,while hobbies and interests mediate the effect of poverty assistance on children's mental health.Heterogeneity analysis shows that the effects of poverty assistance on children'health is affected by the status of parent-child communication and the experience of being left-behind.The poverty assistance has yielded favorable substantive outcomes and the findings can be an empirical evidence for further improving poverty assistance in the field of basic education.
Poverty assistanceChildren's healthPropensity score matchingNew human capital theory
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