Decentralisation of active labour market policy: The case of Swedish local employment service committees

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 775-798

  Lundin, Martin ^a,b   Skedinger, Per ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active labour market policy; Decentralisation; Fiscal externalities; Intergovernmental relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645948297     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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