We study the relationship between health and firm characteristics, primarily ownership using administrative data from Hungary.
Authors

Research Associate World Bank
Daniel is an economist at the World Bank. His research covers topics in public finance, including social insurance, taxation, and inequality.

Research Associate
Anikó is a Research Associate at the IFS and a senior researcher at the Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies in Budapest.

Márta Bisztray
Book Chapter details
- ISBN
- 1785-8062
- Publisher
- Centre for Economic and Regional Studies - Institute of Economics
- Pages
- 5
Suggested citation
M, Bisztray and A, Bíró and D, Prinz. (2021). 'Firm Characteristics and Health' Online: Centre for Economic and Regional Studies - Institute of Economics, pp.113–118.
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