The relative efficiency of labor market programs: Swedish experience from the 1990s

Labour Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-354

  Carling, Kenneth ^a   Richardson, Katarina ^a  

^a Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Labor market programs; Sweden; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642324213     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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