What active labor market policy works in a recession?
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- Forslund, Anders & Fredriksson, Peter & Vikström, Johan, 2011. "What active labor market policy works in a recession?," Research Papers in Economics 2011:9, Stockholm University, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Active labor market policy; business cycle; unemployment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2011-03-05 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2011-03-05 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
- NEP-MAC-2011-03-05 (Macroeconomics)
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