An analysis of long-term unemployment (LTU) in Jordan's labor market

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-66

  Alhawarin, Ibrahim M ^a   Kreishan, Fuad M ^a  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Long term unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955079303     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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