Unemployment duration and economic incentives - A quasi random-assignment approach

European Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1799-1825

  Røed, Knut ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a  

^a RAGNAR FRISCH CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Random assignment; Unemployment duration

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 24044465532     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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