Productivity gains from unemployment insurance

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1195-1224

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a   Shimer, Robert ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption smoothing; Efficiency; Risk aversion; Search; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033936499     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(00)00035-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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