Differential effects of active labour market programs for the unemployed

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 370-399

  Sianesi, Barbara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; multiple treatments; propensity score matching; treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649087137     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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