Do unemployment benefits increase unemployment? New evidence on an old question
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- Fredriksson, Peter & Söderström, Martin, 2008. "Do Unemployment Benefits Increase Unemployment? New Evidence on an Old Question," IZA Discussion Papers 3570, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Unemployment; Unemployment insurance; Unemployment dispersion;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IAS-2008-07-05 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2008-07-05 (Labour Economics)
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