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Individual Market Volatility and Vulnerability, 2015 to 2019

Jean Marie Abraham
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences July 2020, 6 (2) 206-222; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2020.6.2.09
Jean Marie Abraham
aWegmiller Professor of Healthcare Administration in the Division of Health Policy and Management in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota
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