Duration dependence versus unobserved heterogeneity in treatment effects: Swedish labor market training and the transition rate to employment

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-351

  Richardson, Katarina ^a   Van den Berg, Gerard J ^b,c,d,e,f,g  

^a Swedish Ministry of Finance   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e IZA   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^g CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84874020644     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2263     Document Type: Article

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