Crowding out of Solidarity? – Public Health Insurance versus Informal Transfer Networks in Ghana
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Keywords
public health insurance; informal transfer networks; crowding out; Ghana;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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