Optimal unemployment insurance in an estimated job search model with savings

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-57

  Lentz, Rasmus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Job search; Micro data estimation; Optimal Unemployment Insurance; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949107644     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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