Unemployment Traps: Do Financial Disincentives Matter?

European Sociological Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-288+i

  Pedersen, Peder J ^a,b   Smith, Nina ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

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EID: 0344585041     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/18.3.271     Document Type: Review

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