Health insurance, a friend in need? Evidence from financial and health diaries in Kenya
Health insurance can protect consumption from health shocks, but it can also crowd out informal transfers. This paper examines whether health insurance improves consumption smoothing in the face of health shocks, and to what extent results depend on households’ access to informal transfers as a risk...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Artículo preliminar |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147735 |
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