Unemployment duration and the Restart effect: Some experimental evidence

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 435, 1996, Pages 387-400

  Dolton, Peter ^a   O'Neill, Donal ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOUR MARKET; RESTART PROGRAMME; UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION;

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EID: 0029729203     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235254     Document Type: Article

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