Does leaving welfare improve health? Evidence for Germany

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-504

  Huber, Martin ^a   Lechner, Michael ^a,b,c,d,e   Wunsch, Conny ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^f CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health effects; Welfare programmes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 79952592446     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1615     Document Type: Article

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