Self-insurance and inequality
Recent works have stressed that precautionary savings can provide a level of insurance against unemployment risks that is comparable to the current unemployment insurance ( UI) system in average. This paper reconsiders this result by laying stress on the implied insurance and wealth inequalities in...
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Volume: | 85 |
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Main Author: |
Algan, Yann
Chéron, Arnaud Hairault, Jean-Olivier Langot, François |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
Place of publication: |
LAUSANNE Elsevier B.V 2004 ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA Elsevier |
published in: | Economics letters Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 295 - 299 |
Data of publication: | 2004 |
ISSN: |
0165-1765 1873-7374 |
EISSN: |
1873-7374 |
Discipline: | Economics |
Series: |
Economics Letters |
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Online Access: | available in Bonn? |
Database: | Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Knowledge Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2004 Web of Science RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS |