Do past unemployment spells affect the duration of current unemployment?

Economics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-161

  Choi, HwaJung ^a   Shin, Donggyun ^b  

^a Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Experienced workers; Heterogeneity; Occurrence dependence; Unemployment duration; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036791262     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00091-5     Document Type: Article

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