Turning unemployment into self-employment: Effectiveness of two start-up programmes

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-373

  Baumgartner, Hans J ^a   Caliendo, Marco ^b,c  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

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EID: 43049109916     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2008.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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