Health insurance premium changes and labor supply: Evidence from a low-income country
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Keywords
Health insurance; premium changes; labor supply; Rwanda;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
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
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