Macroeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Germany. A Dynamic Panel Approach Using Regional Data

AIEL Series in Labour Economics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 287-309

  Hujer, Reinhard ^a   Blien, Uwe ^b   Caliendo, Marco ^c   Zeiss, Christopher ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84885161773     PISSN: 1863916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-7908-1680-9_14     Document Type: Article

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