On the structure of unemployment benefits in shirking models

Labour Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-295

  Goerke, Laszlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

E24; Efficiency wages; Exogenous separation; J41; J65; Shirking; Unemployment benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034178798     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(99)00039-1     Document Type: Article

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