Estimating the effect of counseling and monitoring the unemployed using a job search model

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 590-610

  Gorter, Cees ^a   Kalb, Guyonne R J ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Joint Administration Office   (Netherlands)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0012868242     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146267     Document Type: Article

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