Is Workers' Compensation a Substitute for Unemployment Insurance?

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-188

  Fortin, Bernard ^b   Lanoie, Paul ^a   Laporte, Christine ^b  

^a CIRANO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Moral hazard; Risk; Uncertainty; Unemployment insurance; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033468292     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007890630779     Document Type: Article

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