Does participating in health insurance benefit the migrant workers in China? An empirical investigation

China Economic Review

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-278

  Qin, Xuezheng ^a   Pan, Jay ^b   Liu, Gordon G ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Health insurance; Migrant worker

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907306837     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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