Statistical treatment choice: An application to active labor market programs

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 482, 2008, Pages 547-558

  Frölich, Markus ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active labor market policies; Statistical treatment rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549089047     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214507000000572     Document Type: Article

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