Unemployment benefits as a search subsidy: New evidence on duration and wage effects of unemployment insurance
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Keywords
Unemployment insurance; unemployment duration; wage change; displaced workers; search theory;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
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