Effect of a health shock on working hours and health care usage: the role of financial inclusion in Ghana
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Health shock; Financial inclusion; Working hours; Health care utilization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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