Unemployment insurance takeup rates and the after-tax value of benefits

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 912-937

  Anderson, Patricia M ^a   Meyer, Bruce D ^a  

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EID: 0040238651     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355397555389     Document Type: Article

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