Is welfare reform responsible for low-skilled women's declining health insurance coverage in the 1990s?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 495-528

  DeLeire, Thomas ^a,b   Levine, Judith A ^c   Levy, Helen ^d  

^a Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; WELFARE REFORM; WOMENS HEALTH;

EID: 33749128053     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xli.3.495     Document Type: Article

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