Social learning and health insurance enrollment: Evidence from China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-102

  Liu, Hong ^a   Sun, Qi ^b   Zhao, Zhong ^c,d  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Peer effects; Rural China; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888108475     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.10.012     Document Type: Article

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