Intra-household labour supply after an unemployment event : the added worker effect

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
944
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
J20, J22, J38
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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