Public health insurance and private savings

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1249-1274

  Gruber, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Yelowitz, Aaron ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; INVESTMENT; SAVINGS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033390045     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250096     Document Type: Article

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