Sign reversal in LIVE treatment effect estimates: The effect of vocational training on unemployment duration

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1102-1125

  Eyal, Yonatan ^a   Beenstock, Michael ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 50949100397     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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