Public health insurance, labor supply, and employment lock

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 653-696

  Garthwaite, Craig ^a   Gross, Tal ^b   Notowidigdo, Matthew J ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; JOB SEARCH; LABOR SUPPLY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899959283     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qju005     Document Type: Article

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