Voluntary contributions to informal activities producing public goods: Can these be induced by government and other formal sector agents? Some evidence from Indonesian posyandus

Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Nugent, Jeffrey B ^a   Swaminathan, Shailender ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Indonesia; Informal sector; Panel data; Voluntary activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199204764.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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