Unemployment benefits and work incentives: the US labour market in the Great Recession
In the midst of sharply rising long-term unemployment, a series of unemployment benefit (UB) eligibility extensions raised the regular 26-week limit to as many as 99 weeks in some states. In response, leading economists have invoked the 'laws of economics' to warn that the extensions may b...
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| Volume: | 27 |
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| Main Author: |
Howell, David R
Azizoglu, Bert Mustafa |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Place of publication: |
Oxford University Press 2011 |
| published in: | Oxford Review of Economic Policy Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 221 - 240 |
| Data of publication: | 2011 |
| Series: |
Oxford Review of Economic Policy |
| Online Access: | available in Bonn? |
| Database: | RePEc IDEAS RePEc Database information Databases - DBIS |