Welfare Participation and welfare dependence among the unemployed

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 409-431

  Melkersson, Maria ^a   Saarela, Jan ^b  

^a ITPS   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Binomial hurdle model; Unemployment duration; Welfare receipt

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143072598     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-004-0194-1     Document Type: Review

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