Quantity and Quality of Children : Fertility and Educational Investment in South Africa

本研究探讨南非卫生政策改革的影响。这项政策改革于1994年实施，取消了对孕妇和6岁以下儿童的保健服务的所有使用费。回归分析表明，与受政策改革影响较小的地区相比，高待遇地区的家庭生育子女较少，子女受教育程度较高。考虑到我们的对照组不是完全不受改革影响的地区，而是受到一定影响的地区，政策改革的真实影响会更大。

This study investigates the impact of the health policy reform in South Africa. The policy reform was implemented in 1994 and removed all user fees from health services to pregnant mothers and children under 6 years old. The regression analysis shows that households in the high treatment regions have less children and give their children educated more, compared with the regions appeared to be less affected by the policy reform. Considering that our control group is not regions completely unaffected by the reform but regions affected to some extent, the true impact of the policy reform would be larger.