Optimal unemployment insurance with monitoring and sanctions

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 518, 2007, Pages 399-421

  Boone, Jan ^a   Fredriksson, Peter ^b   Holmlund, Bertil ^b   van Ours, Jan C ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSURANCE SYSTEM; SANCTION; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT; WELFARE REFORM;

EID: 34147141995     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02023.x     Document Type: Article

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