Unemployment insurance in theory and practice

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-141

  Holmlund, Bertil ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0032368494     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00093     Document Type: Article

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