Job search requirements for older unemployed: Transitions to employment, early retirement and disability benefits

European Economic Review

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-57

  Lammers, Marloes ^a   Bloemen, Hans ^b   Hochguertel, Stefan ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Duration analysis; Policy evaluation; Search effort; Substitution

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ELDERLY POPULATION; JOB SEARCH; POLICY REFORM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84871754785     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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