The effects of the Massachusetts health reform on household financial distress

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 284-313

  Mazumder, Bhashkar ^a   Miller, Sarah ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84981303291     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.20150045     Document Type: Article

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