Chapter 47 The causes and consequences of longterm unemployment in Europe

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 3 PART, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 3085-3139

  Machin, Stephen ^a   Manning, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956780487     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4463(99)30038-9     Document Type: Review

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