The welfare costs of worker displacement

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1213-1234

  Rogerson, Richard ^a   Schindler, Martin ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Incomplete markets; Severance payments; Unemployment insurance; Welfare costs; Worker displacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036742627     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(02)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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