Job search and unemployment insurance: New evidence from time use data

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 298-307

  Krueger, Alan B ^a,b   Mueller, Andreas ^c,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NBER ^*

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Job search; Time use; Unemployment; Unemployment benefits; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149121761     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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