How do different entitlements to unemployment benefits affect the transitions from unemployment into employment?

Economics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-209

  Addison, John T ^a   Portugal, Pedro ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Disincentive effects; Maximum potential benefit duration; Regression discontinuity; Unemployment employment transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749116146     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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