Bounding a matching estimator: The case of a Norwegian training program

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-143

  Aakvik, Arild ^a  

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EID: 0039784048     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00211     Document Type: Article

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