The aggregate labor market effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift program

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-146

  Albrecht, James ^a,b,c,d   van den Berg, Gerard J ^b,c,e,f,g   Vroman, Susan ^a,b,c,d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Job search; Program evaluation; Swedish labor market; Unemployment; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949101508     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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