Counseling and monitoring of unemployed workers: Theory and evidence from a controlled social experiment

International Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 895-936

  Van Den Berg, Gerard J ^a   Van Der Klaauw, Bas ^a  

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EID: 33746382220     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2006.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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