Does a minimum job search requirement reduce time on unemployment payments? Evidence from the jobseeker diary in Australia

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-378

  Borland, Jeff ^a   Tseng, Yi Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 34247205280     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390706000303     Document Type: Article

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