Recurrent unemployment, welfare benefits and heterogeneity

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-441

  Arranz, José Ma ^a   Muro, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mixed proportional hazard model; State dependence; Unemployment benefits; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 6344229771     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269217042000266436     Document Type: Article

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