Active labour market policies and job tenure

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 685-708

  Cockx, Bart ^a   Van Der Linden, Bruno ^a   Karaa, Adel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Human Capital and Mobility

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; TRAINING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0032440660     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/50.4.685     Document Type: Article

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