A Note on Health Insurance and Growth

This paper compares public health care with private health insurance in an overlapping generations endogenous growth model. It is shown that economic growth is higher when there is a private health insurance.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Bräuninger, Michael
Publisher:	Hamburg : Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Fächergruppe Volkswirtschaftslehre
Subject:	Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung \| Private Krankenversicherung \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Vergleich \| Neue Wachstumstheorie \| Overlapping Generations \| Theorie \| public health care \| private health insurance \| endogenous growth

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Series:	Diskussionspapier ; 6
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	369953851 [GVK] hdl:10419/23524 [Handle]
Classification:	D91 - Intertemporal Consumer Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving ; O41 - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models ; I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; H51 - Government Expenditures and Health
Source:	EconStor

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