Youth unemployment and crime in France

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 909-938

  Fougère, Denis ^a   Pouget, Julien ^b   Kramarz, Francis ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CREST   (France)

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EID: 70349687609     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/JEEA.2009.7.5.909     Document Type: Article

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