Empirical evidence on long-term care insurance purchase in France

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 645-658

  Courbage, Christophe ^a   Roudaut, Nolwenn ^b  

^a Geneva Association   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Bequest; Informal care; Long term careinsurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549097122     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2008.30     Document Type: Article

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