Insurance and opportunities: A welfare analysis of labor market risk

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 501-525

  Heathcote, Jonathan ^a,b,c,f   Storesletten, Kjetil ^d   Violante, Giovanni L ^e,f,g  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Labor supply; Productivity; Wage dispersion; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049159545     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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