Is consumption insured against illness? Evidence on vulnerability of households to health shocks in rural Ethiopia

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-129

  Asfaw, Abay ^a   von Braun, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; RURAL ECONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 12344313197     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423255     Document Type: Article

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