Are there pre-programme effects of Swedish active labour market policies? Evidence from three randomised experiments
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Pre-programme effect; policy evaluation; social experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2007-03-10 (Experimental Economics)
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