Employer health insurance mandates and the risk of unemployment

Risk Management and Insurance Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-132

  Baicker, Katherine ^a   Levy, Helen ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 40549088269     PISSN: 10981616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6296.2008.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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