Welfare-to-work experiences with specific work-first programmes in selected countries

International Social Security Review

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 67-93

  Ochel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CESIFO   (Germany)

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EID: 34248037114     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: 1468246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2005.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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