Unemployment benefits, unemployment duration and subsequent job quality: Evidence from West Germany

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-39

  Pollmann Schult, Matthias ^a   Büchel, Felix ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event history analysis; Over education; Unemployment benefits; Unemployment duration

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844363890     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699305050985     Document Type: Article

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