Six ways to leave unemployment

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-419

  Portugal, Pedro ^a   Addison, John T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Unemployment benefits; Unemployment duration

Indexed keywords

LABOR SUPPLY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48649096590     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2008.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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