Spurring Job Creation in Response to Severe Recessions: Reconsidering Hiring Credits

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 142-171

  Neumark, David ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 84871958138     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.21665     Document Type: Article

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