Experience rating and the generosity of unemployment insurance: Effects on county and metropolitan unemployment rates

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 543-560

  Moomaw, Ronald L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039489839     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-998-1046-7     Document Type: Article

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