Health shocks and consumption smoothing: Evidence from Indonesia

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 475-506

  Genoni, Maria Eugenia ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR SUPPLY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84859207837     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664019     Document Type: Article

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