Transnational Health Insurance Schemes: A New Avenue for Congolese Immigrants in Belgium to Care for Their Relatives' Health from Abroad?
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Congo; Belgium;JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2016-04-23 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2016-04-23 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-MIG-2016-04-23 (Economics of Human Migration)
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