How changes in financial incentives affect the duration of unemployment

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1009-1038

  Lalive, Rafael ^a   Van Ours, Jan ^b   Zweimüller, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INCENTIVE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; JOB SEARCH; LABOR POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT;

EID: 33749053893     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2006.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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