The Impact of Being Offered and Receiving Classroom Training on the Employment Histories of Disadvantaged Women : Evidence from Experimental Data

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 655-682

  Eberwein, Curtis ^a   Ham, John C ^a   Lalonde, Robert J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM TRAINING; DISADVANTAGED WOMEN; EMPLOYMENT HISTORY;

EID: 0031419126     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2971734     Document Type: Article

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