Evaluating state programmes: "Natural experiments" and propensity scores

Economic and Social Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-308

  Conniffe, D ^a   Gash, V ^a   O'Connell, P J ^a  

^a The Economics and Social Research Institute   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR POLICY; TRAINING;

IRELAND;

EID: 0034444953     PISSN: 00129984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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