Unemployment and consumption near and far away from the Mediterranean

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-280

  Bentolila, Samuel ^a   Ichino, Andrea ^b  

^a CEMFI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumption; Family ties; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549150631     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0081-z     Document Type: Article

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