Benefit duration and unemployment entry: A quasi-experiment in Austria

European Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-273

  Winter Ebmer, Rudolf ^a,b,c,d  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung   (Austria)

Author keywords

Implicit contracts; Older workers; Unemployment entry; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0037377139     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00198-2     Document Type: Article

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