Optimal unemployment insurance

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-387

  Davidson, Carl ^a   Woodbury, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimal social insurance; Risk; Uncertainty; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031161608     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(96)01623-4     Document Type: Article

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