Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-179

  Brown, Alessio J G ^a,c   Merkl, Christian ^b,c,d   Snower, Dennis J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duration; Employment; Hiring voucher; J23; J24; J38; J64; J68; Low wage subsidy; Self financing; Targeting; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951812580     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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