| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 經濟學系 === 98 === Taiwan's government launched the National Health Insurance system (NHI) on March 1, 1995. The purpose of this study is to examine whether the NHI affect the women’s reproductive decisions based on the data of “The Seventh and Eighth Family Planning and Reproductive Health Survey in Taiwan”. My conclusion is derived from the comparison of two rounds of family planning and reproductive health survey.
Some studies put attention on the influence of NHI on the newborn’s health status, while some studies analyzes the relationship quality and quantity of children. This study is the first attempt to investigate the influence of NHI on the number of children. Furthermore, the number of children in this analysis is classified into three types: the ideal number of children, expected number of children and the actual number of children.
The whole sample is categorized by the control group and treatment group by the respondent’s health insurance status. To investigate the change in the number of children before and after the implement of NHI, I adopt the method Difference-in-Difference (DID), which controls the potential difference between control and treatment groups. The empirical results show that NHI has a statistically significant and positive effect on the women’s reproductive decisions.
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