Public employment agencies and unemployment spells: Reconciling the experimental and nonexperimental evidence

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 667-683

  Thomas, Jonathan M ^a  

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EID: 0009763844     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399705000407     Document Type: Article

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