Does Coordination of Welfare Services Delivery Make a Difference for Extremely Disadvantaged Jobseekers? Evidence from the 'YP4' Trial

Economic Record

Volumn 89, Issue 287, 2013, Pages 469-489

  Borland, Jeff ^a   Tseng, Yi Ping ^b   Wilkins, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSING; JOB SEARCH; SERVICE PROVISION; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 84888348685     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.12062     Document Type: Article

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