Access to Public Health Insurance and Household’s Dietary Choices, the case of Seguro Popular in Rural Mexico: Acceso al seguro público de salud y opciones alimentarias de los hogares: el caso del Seguro Popular en el México rural

Agostina Porto; Isai Guizar

doi:10.29105/ensayos45.1-2

Autores/as

Agostina Porto Universidad Panamericana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7566-6219
Isai Guizar Universidad de Guadalajara https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-8848

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29105/ensayos45.1-2

Palabras clave:

consumo de alimentos, hogares rurales, seguro médico

Resumen

Objective: To determine how the dietary choices of rural households in Mexico change once they gain access to medical care programs. Methods: SUR models and DiD estimations using the Mexican health insurance program Seguro Popular as a case of study. Results: Households in municipalities with high coverage of Seguro Popular significantly increased their expenditure on processed sugars, and oils and fats. Limitations: Classification of households was based on municipal-level coverage percentages, which may introduce some misclassification of the households in the treatment and control groups. Additionally, the short-term nature of our post-implementation data limits the generalizability of our findings to longer-term outcomes. Main findings: While the program improves access to medical care, it may inadvertently promote poorer dietary choices, which highlights the need for policymakers to consider the broader implications of health insurance programs on nutrition and diet quality.

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Biografía del autor/a

Agostina Porto, Universidad Panamericana

Economista y profesora universitaria, egresada de la Universidad de Guadalajara, con formación de posgrado en Economía. Cuenta con amplia experiencia como analista de datos, consultora y líder de equipos, y ha desarrollado su trayectoria tanto en el sector público como en el privado, en instituciones como el Banco de México, la Secretaría de Educación Jalisco y firmas de consultoría. Su trabajo se enfoca en el análisis y la visualización de datos, la automatización de procesos y la generación de indicadores para la toma de decisiones, con un sólido dominio de herramientas estadísticas y lenguajes de programación. Ha participado en proyectos de investigación académica, ponencias nacionales e internacionales, así como en estancias de investigación en el extranjero.

Isai Guizar, Universidad de Guadalajara

Doctor en Desarrollo Económico por The Ohio State University, Ohio, Estados Unidos de América, con maestría en economía por la misma universidad. Actualmente es profesor-investigador adscrito al Departamento de Economía del Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico – Administrativas (CUCEA) de la Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG) e Investigador Nivel I del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. Desde el 2019 se desempeña como editor de EconoQuantum, Revista Cuantitativa de Economía y Finanzas. Ha publicado, entre otros, en el Journal of Time Series Econometrics, Savings and Development, y el Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance- Cuadernos de Economía. Sus líneas de investigación se centran en temas de desarrollo financiero, economía de la salud y economía del crímen.

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