Do unemployed workers benefit from enterprise zones? The French experience

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 881-892

  Gobillon, Laurent ^a,b   Magnac, Thierry ^c   Selod, Harris ^d,e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b PSE ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Duration models; Economic geography; Enterprise zones; Policy evaluation; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864067876     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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