Youth employment policies in France

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4-6, 2000, Pages 928-942

  Fougère, Denis ^a   Kramarz, Francis ^b   Magnac, Thierry ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation methodology; Minimum wage; Training programs; Youth unemployment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PLANNING; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; MINIMUM WAGE; YOUNG POPULATION;

FRANCE;

EID: 0342803171     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(99)00051-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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