What happens to the effects of government-funded training programs over time?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 283-293

  Greenberg, David H ^a   Michalopoulos, Charles ^b   Robins, Philip K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MDRC ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; TRAINING; WAGE DETERMINATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 2442717610     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3559013     Document Type: Article

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