Chapter 31 The economics and econometrics of active labor market programs

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 3 PART, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1865-2097

  Heckman, James J ^a   Lalonde, Robert J ^a   Smith, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

C50; C93; J24; J31; J64

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EID: 77956779653     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4463(99)03012-6     Document Type: Chapter

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