Is the threat of reemployment services more effective than the services themselves? Evidence from random assignment in the UI system

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1313-1327

  Black, Dan A ^a   Smith, Jeffrey A ^b   Berger, Mark C ^c   Noel, Brett J ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN EXPRESS   (United States)

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EID: 3042666778     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803769206313     Document Type: Article

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