Active labour market policy and unemployment scarring: A ten-year Swedish panel study

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-382

  Strandh, Mattias ^a   Nordlund, Madelene ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; PANEL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 44949179906     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279408001955     Document Type: Article

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