The Relationship between Unemployment Benefits and Re-employment Probabilities: Evidence from Spain

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-260

  Jenkins, Stephen P ^a   García Serrano, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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EID: 2442486769     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-9049.2003.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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