## ABSTRACT Using the difference‐in‐difference‐in‐differences method, we examine the effect of the National Health Insurance (NHI) on mortality, self‐assessed health, and functional limitations of the elderly and seek to determine whether the effect is spread equally across health classes. We find
The labor market effects of national health insurance: evidence from Taiwan
✍ Scribed by Kamhon Kan; Yen-Ling Lin
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 556 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0933-1433
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