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  • Thomas Le Barbanchon, Roland Rathelot, and Alexandra Roulet, Social Insurance Programs (Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar, TAPES) (Journal of Public Economics, Volume 171, 2016), chap. 1, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/social-insurance-programs-trans-atlantic-public-economics-seminar-tapes/unemployment-insurance-and-reservation-wages-evidence-administrative-data.

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