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The potential of a couples approach to employment assistance: results of a nonexperimental evaluation

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  • Rachel Gordon & Carolyn Heinrich, 2009. "The potential of a couples approach to employment assistance: results of a nonexperimental evaluation," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 133-158, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:reveho:v:7:y:2009:i:2:p:133-158
    DOI: 10.1007/s11150-009-9056-7
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    Keywords

    Employment assistance; Low-income youth; Couples; Parents; J24; J22; J12;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure

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