Reconsidering the effect of welfare stigma on unemployment

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 229-244

  Contini, Dalit ^a   Richiardi, Matteo G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b LABORatorioRevelli Center for Employment Studies   (Italy)

Author keywords

Employability; Stigma; Welfare dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869489822     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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