The consequences of the growth of health insurance premiums

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 214-218

  Baicker, Katherine ^a,b   Chandra, Amitabh ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747422145     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282805774670121     Document Type: Article

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