Can health-insurance help prevent child labor? An impact evaluation from Pakistan

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-59

  Landmann, Andreas ^a   Frölich, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child labor; Health insurance; Microinsurance; Pakistan; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MICROFINANCE; PANEL DATA; VULNERABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD LABOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION; MICROINSURANCE INNOVATION; PAKISTANI; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; INFANT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

PAKISTAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PAKISTAN; POVERTY;

EID: 84912032569     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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