Are training programs more effective when unemployment is high?

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 653-692

  Lechner, Michael ^a   Wunsch, Conny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 73449127983     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/644976     Document Type: Article

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