On the consumption insurance effects of long-term care insurance in Japan: Evidence from micro-level household data

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-115

  Iwamoto, Yasushi ^a   Kohara, Miki ^b   Saito, Makoto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumption insurance; Long term care insurance; Social insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349113109     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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