Can activating labour market policy offset the detrimental life satisfaction effect of unemployment?

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 477-501

  Wulfgramm, Melike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Labor market institutions; Social policy; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959688601     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwr006     Document Type: Article

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