How does urban-rural integrated medical insurance affect labour supply of migrant workers

Abstract

Abstract Based on the dynamic monitoring survey data of the floating population in 2018, this study analyses the impact of urban and rural integrated medical insurance on the labour supply of migrant workers. The study found that this medical insurance significantly promoted the labour participation rate of migrant workers and improved the quality of labour supply. Using instrumental variables to solve endogenous and propensity score matching method to solve selective bias, this study’s results are robust. Regarding the stability of labour supply, urban and rural integrated medical insurance has significantly increased the probability of migrant workers obtaining fixed income jobs and reduced the probability of them engaging in non-fixed income jobs. Further analysis shows that it has significantly reduced the working time of migrant workers, and improved the accessibility of their health rights and interests through health records, health education, and family contracted doctor services, which are important factors to improve the labour supply of migrant workers.