Is the changing pattern in the use of active labour market policies consistent with what evaluations tell us about their relative performance?

The Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies: Measures, Public Private Partnerships and Benchmarking

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 23-45

  de Koning, Jaap ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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