Intergenerational influences on the receipt of unemployment insurance in Canada and Sweden

Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 245-288

  Corak, Miles ^a   Gustafsson, Björn ^a,b   Osterberg, Torun ^b  

^a IZA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84928272509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511492549.012     Document Type: Chapter

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