Does health reform affect self-employment? Evidence from Massachusetts

Small Business Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 917-930

  Heim, Bradley T ^a   Lurie, Ithai Z ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of Tax Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Health reform; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897237255     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9572-6     Document Type: Article

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