Bundling health insurance and microfinance in India: There cannot be adverse selection if there is no demand

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 291-297

  Banerjee, Abhijit ^a   Duflo, Esther ^a   Hornbeck, Richard ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INSURANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTILIZATION;

FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH;

EID: 84901422424     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.5.291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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