The Demand for Social Insurance: Does Culture Matter?

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 556, 2011, Pages

  Eugster, Beatrix ^a   Lalive, Rafael ^a   Steinhauer, Andreas ^b   Zweimüller, Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LABOR;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80054909960     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02479.x     Document Type: Article

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