Reform of unemployment compensation in Germany: A nonparametric bounds analysis using register data

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-205

  Lee, Sokbae ^a   Wilke, Ralf A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interval data; Nonparametric bounds analysis; Partial identification; Treatment effect; Unemployment duration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950843585     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jbes.2009.0014     Document Type: Article

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