The new deal for young people: Effect on the labour market status of young men

Labour Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 405-422

  Dorsett, Richard ^a  

^a POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Matching; Propensity score; Treatment effects; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645547733     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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