A new look at the UI effect on transitions from unemployment into wage employment in Spain: The limited duration of the UI benefits entitlement

Applied Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2177-2187

  Gonzalo, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; JOB SEARCH; PROBABILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT;

SPAIN;

EID: 0038121853     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840210148067     Document Type: Article

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