Sick of being unemployed? Interactions between unemployment and sickness insurance

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-113

  Larsson, Laura ^a  

^a Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discrete hazard models; Duration analysis; Health; Sickness insurance; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33646421174     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2006.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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