State dependence in youth labor market experiences, and the evaluation of policy interventions

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 81-97

  Doiron, Denise ^a   Gørgens, Tue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Event history analysis; Policy evaluation; State dependence; Transition data; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT;

EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS; LABOR FORCE; LABOR MARKETS; POLICY EVALUATION; POLICY INTERVENTIONS; STATE DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION DATA; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 50049088113     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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