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Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells?

Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market

Henry S. Farber and Robert G. Valletta
Journal of Human Resources, October 2015, 50 (4) 873-909; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.4.873
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vol. 50 no. 4 873-909
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.4.873
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received December 1, 2013
  • Accepted July 1, 2014
  • Published online October 23, 2015.
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  2. Robert G. Valletta
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