Job search, conditional treatment and recidivism: The employment services for ex-offenders program reconsidered

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bierens, Herman J ^a   Carvalho, Jose R ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

conditional treatment; duration models; interval censoring; job search; program evaluation; recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951528038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2361     Document Type: Article

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