Does unemployment compensation affect unemployment duration?

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 484, 2003, Pages 190-206

  Røed, Knut ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a  

^a Frisch Centre for Economic Research   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT;

NORWAY;

EID: 0345099734     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00086     Document Type: Article

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