Health insurance and health care demand among the self-employed

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Zimmer, David M ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group insurance; Individual insurance; Instrumental variables; Medical expenditure panel survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449147080     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-010-9081-6     Document Type: Article

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