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IZA DP No. 311

Unemployment, Education and Earnings Growth Giorgio Brunello

June 2001

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit Institute for the Study of Labor



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Discussion Paper No. 311 June 2001

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 311 June 2001

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JEL Classification: Keywords:

J24, J31

Education, unemployment, Europe

Giorgio Brunello Department of Economics University of Padova Via del Santo 33 I - 35100 Padua Tel.: +39 (0) 49 827-4223 Fax : +39 (0) 49 827-4211/4221 Email: [email protected]



This research was supported by the European Commission under the TSER program PL980182 for the PuRE project. The usaual disclaimer applies.

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