You can't always get what you want: The impact of the UK Jobseeker's Allowance

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-250

  Manning, Alan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job search; Labour supply; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149118914     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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