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The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Benefits on (Self-)Employment: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Sebastian Camarero Garcia and Michelle Hansch
Published online before print July 12, 2024, 0422-12261R3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0422-12261R3
Sebastian Camarero Garcia
†Sebastian Camarero Garcia is an economist at the Deutsche Bundesbank and affiliated with the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW).
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‡Michelle Hansch is affiliated with the Department of Economics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Berlin School of Economics. She is the corresponding author: .
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