Evaluating the dynamic effects of active labour policies in Italy

Labour

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 349-382

  Altavilla, Carlo ^a,b   Caroleo, Floro E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; EMPLOYMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845372057     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2006.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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