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Macroeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Germany. A Dynamic Panel Approach Using Regional Data

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The European Labour Market

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  1. Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

    Reinhard Hujer & Christopher Zeiss

  2. Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany

    Uwe Blien

  3. German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, Germany

    Marco Caliendo

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy

    Floro Ernesto Caroleo  & Sergio Destefanis  & 

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Hujer, R., Blien, U., Caliendo, M., Zeiss, C. (2006). Macroeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Germany. A Dynamic Panel Approach Using Regional Data. In: Caroleo, F.E., Destefanis, S. (eds) The European Labour Market. AIEL Series in Labour Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1680-9_14

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