Is it a timing or a probability effect? Four simulations and an application of transition rate models to the analysis of unemployment exit

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-252

  Bernardi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event history analysis; Proportional transition rate models; Timing probability effects; Unemployment benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035413494     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010377327277     Document Type: Article

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