Barriers to employment and welfare dynamics: Evidence from Spain

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-257

  Ayala, Luis ^a   Rodríguez, Magdalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Estudios Fiscales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Poverty; Survival analysis; Unobserved heterogeneity; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947712683     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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