The effect of government-mandated benefits on youth employment

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 122-142

  Kaestner, Robert ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1177/001979399605000108     Document Type: Article

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