Estimating the macroeconomic effects of active labour market policies using spatial econometric methods

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 648-671

  Hujer, Reinhard ^a,b,c   Rodrigues, Paulo J M ^a   Wolf, Katja ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Economic policy; Germany; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849115760     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720910997335     Document Type: Article

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