Health insurance and precautionary saving: A structural analysis

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 511-526

  Hsu, Minchung ^a  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Employment based health insurance; Precautionary savings; Social insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878412672     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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