Numerous psychological differences among ethnic groups have been reported. These differences affect the economic performance of the groups and influence the efficiency of policy actions taken to alter the economic behavior. Only through the effective integration of both psychological knowledge and economic policy can the job search process be optimized for the externally oriented hard-core unemployed.
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