The latin model of welfare: Do 'insertion contracts' reduce long-term dependence?

Labour Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 799-822

  Ayala, Luis ^a,b   Rodríguez, Magdalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Estudios Fiscales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Insertion contracts; Propensity score; Recidivism; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750077793     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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