Welfare compensation for unemployment in the great recession

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 60, Issue S1, 2014, Pages

  Salgado, Mariña Fernández ^a,b   Figari, Francesco ^c,d   Sutherland, Holly ^d   Tumino, Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C81; European Union; H55; Household income; I3; Microsimulation; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900014327     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12035     Document Type: Article

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