Can interviewers effectively rate the likelihood of cases to cooperate?

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 561-573

  Eckman, Stephanie ^a   Sinibaldi, Jennifer ^a   Möntmann Hertz, Aleksa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b LINK Institut   (Germany)

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EID: 84879668009     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nft012     Document Type: Review

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