Duration dependence and labor market conditions: Evidence from a field experiment

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1123-1167

  Kroft, Kory ^a   Lange, Fabian ^b,c   Notowidigdo, Matthew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880262221     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt015     Document Type: Article

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