The impact of education on unemployment incidence and re-employment success: Evidence from the U.S. labour market

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 453-463

  Riddell, W Craig ^a   Song, Xueda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causal effects; Child labour laws; Compulsory schooling laws; Education; Labour market transitions; Unemployment; Vietnam War draft

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956145211     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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