The effectiveness of targeted wage subsidies for hard-to-place workers

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1209-1225

  Jaenichen, Ursula ^a   Stephan, Gesine ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TRAINING; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

GERMANY;

EID: 79956218375     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840802600426     Document Type: Article

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