A fistful of euros: Is the German one-euro job workfare scheme effective for participants?

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-185

  Hohmeyer, Katrin ^a   Wolff, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation; Effect evaluation; Propensity score matching; Welfare recipients; Workfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857802163     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2011.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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