Unemployment insurance and quits in Canada

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 549-572

  Kuhn, Peter ^a   Sweetman, Arthur ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

CANADA;

EID: 0032405648     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136202     Document Type: Article

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