The response of youth unemployment to benefits, incentives, and sanctions

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-316

  Jensen, Peter ^a,b   Rosholm, Michael ^c   Svarer, Michael ^c  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Education; Grouped duration model; Youth unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038668952     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(02)00171-4     Document Type: Article

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