Why unemployment insurance might not only be good for the soul, it might also be good for the economy

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 517-541

  Altman, Morris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bargaining power; Competition; Unemployment insurance; Wellbeing; X efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344261838     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034676042000296245     Document Type: Review

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