Estimating the effect of unemployment insurance compensation on the labor market histories of displaced workers

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 227-252

  Jurajda, Štěpán ^a  

^a CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Defective risks; Employment durations; Sample selection; Unemployment insurance; Unmeasured heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE; PERSONNEL; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEFECTIVE RISKS; EMPLOYMENT DURATIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; UNMEASURED HETEROGENEITY;

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL);

EID: 0010277882     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(01)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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