Evaluating the German 'mini-job' reform using a natural experiment

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2475-2489

  Caliendo, Marco ^a   Wrohlich, Katharina ^b  

^a IZA   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; LABOR POLICY; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL SECURITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

GERMANY;

EID: 77954745346     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701858125     Document Type: Article

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