讲座主题：Unawareness ofUnhealthiness, Information Provision, and Health Insurance Participation amongthe Elderly

主讲嘉宾：黄炜（新加坡国立大学校长特聘助理教授）

讲座时间：2019年3月29日（周五），16:00-17:30

讲座地点：沙河校区 主教401

嘉宾简介：黄炜博士是新加坡国立大学校长特聘助理教授。之前，黄博士是国家经济研究局（NBER）博士后研究员。黄博士于二零一六年获得哈佛大学经济学博士学位，于二零一一年获得北京大学国家发展学院经济学硕士学位，于二零零八年获得北京大学物理学院物理学学士学位。他的研究领域是公共经济学，劳动经济学和卫生经济学。他的研究兴趣在健康，教育，种族和中国等领域。他的研究成果已发表在Review of Economic and Statistics, Journal of Labor Economics,American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Nature, Journal of EconomicPerspectives 等学术刊物上。2018年起，他担任Economicsof Transition的联合主编。

内容摘要：People may be unaware oftheir unhealthiness and thus make suboptimal decisions in insuranceparticipation. Using national representative samples of the elderly in US andChina, we find that the unawareness of unhealthiness is significantlyassociated with lower socio-economic status, poorer health, and less insuranceparticipation. We further find that accurate health information providedthrough physical examinations induces relatively higher participationafterwards suggesting information as an important mechanism. These findingscontribute a new explanation for the insufficient participation among poorpeople and advantageous selection in health insurance.