Unemployment insurance and cultural transmission: Theory and application to European unemployment

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1320-1347

  Michau, Jean Baptiste ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

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EID: 84888045583     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12065     Document Type: Article

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