Moving Back Home: Insurance against Labor Market Risk

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 446-512

  Kaplan, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LABOR MARKET; PANEL DATA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAVINGS;

EID: 84863821905     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666588     Document Type: Article

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