Give it Another Try: What are the Effects of a Public Employment Scheme Especially Designed for Hard-to-Place Workers?
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active labour market programme; job creation scheme; public employment programme; propensity score matching; employability; integrated employment biographies;All these keywords.
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- J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
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