Price and spouse's coverage in employee demand for health insurance

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 252-256

  Dushi, Irena ^a   Honig, Marjorie ^b,c  

^a International Longevity Center USA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c International Longevity Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942748424     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803321947146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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