Chapter 33 Labor supply effects of social insurance

Handbook of Public Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 2327-2392

  Krueger, Alan B ^a   Meyer, Bruce D ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disability insurance; labor supply; Natural Experiment; social security; unemployment insurance; workers' compensation insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649383128     PISSN: 15734420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4420(02)80012-X     Document Type: Review

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