The relative importance of worker, firm, and market characteristics for racial/ethnic disparities in employer-sponsored health insurance

Inquiry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 280-302

  Haas, Jennifer ^a   Swartz, Katherine ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RACISM; WORKER;

EID: 36448953422     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_44.3.280     Document Type: Article

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