Family home businesses: Who buys health insurance?

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 407-425

  Scannell, Elizabeth ^a   Hong, Gong Soog ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family home business; Health care; Health insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249123359     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024947521963     Document Type: Article

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