Cream skimming in employment programmes for the disabled? Evidence from Sweden

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 694-714

  Skedinger, Per ^a   Widerstedt, Barbro ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Labour; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448934143     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720710835174     Document Type: Article

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