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Health Insurance and Health Care Demand Among the Self-employed

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  • David Zimmer, 2010. "Health Insurance and Health Care Demand Among the Self-employed," Journal of Labor Research, Springer, vol. 31(1), pages 1-19, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jlabre:v:31:y:2010:i:1:p:1-19
    DOI: 10.1007/s12122-010-9081-6
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    Keywords

    Individual insurance; Group insurance; Instrumental variables; Medical expenditure panel survey; I11; J32; C31;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
    • C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models

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