Temporary help service firms' use of employer tax credits: Implications for disadvantaged workers' labor market outcomes

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1123-1148

  Hamersma, Sarah ^a   Heinrich, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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