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Why Cash Transfer Programs Can Both Stimulate and Slow Down Job Finding

IZA Journal of Labor Economics
Volume 8 (2019): Issue 1 (June 2019)
By: Juliana Mesén Vargas and  Bruno Van der Linden  
Open Access
|Nov 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/izajole-2019-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2193-8997
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Language: English
Published on: Nov 27, 2019
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
poverty,
unemployment,
optimal insurance
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics,
Economic policy,
Mathematics and statistics for economists,
Econometrics

© 2019 Juliana Mesén Vargas, Bruno Van der Linden, published by Sciendo
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