Learning (or not) in health-seeking behavior: Evidence from rural Tanzania

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 27-72

  Corno, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LEARNING; PANEL DATA; RURAL AREA; THEORETICAL STUDY;

KAGERA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84907403277     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677724     Document Type: Article

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