Do benefit hikes damage job finding? Evidence from Swedish unemployment insurance reforms

Labour

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-120

  Bennmarker, Helge ^a   Carling, Kenneth ^a   Holmlund, Bertil ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; INSURANCE SYSTEM; REFORM PROCESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33847622015     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2006.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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