Estimating the impact of England's area-based intervention 'New Deal for Communities' on employment

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-331

  Gutiérrez Romero, Roxana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Program evaluation; Regional development policy; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABOR MARKET; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; SKILLED LABOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61349114977     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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