Disincentive effects of unemployment insurance benefits: Maximum benefit duration versus benefit level

Baltic Journal of Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-49

  Lauringson, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Disincentive effects; Estonia; Unemployment benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052101125     PISSN: 1406099X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1406099X.2011.10840489     Document Type: Article

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