Do employment and income security cause unemployment? A comparative study of the US and the E-4

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-136

  Buchele, Robert ^b   Christiansen, Jens ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOUR MARKET; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

EUROPE, (WEST); USA;

EID: 0031961492     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013702     Document Type: Article

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