Consumption smoothing and the welfare consequences of social insurance in developing economies

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2351-2356

  Chetty, Raj ^a   Looney, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749360902     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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