Vocational Rehabilitation from a Behavioral Economics Perspective

Psychological Services

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-194

  Drebing, Charles E ^a   Hebert, Marcie ^a   Mueller, Lisa N ^a   Van Ormer, E Alice ^a   Herz, Lawrence ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral economics; employment; incentives; vocational rehabilitation; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750839086     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.3.3.181     Document Type: Article

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