Studies of labor market intermediation
By: edited by David H. Autor.
Contributors: Autor, David H.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report; National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9780226032887
Subjects: Consorzio interuniversitario AlmaLaurea -- Congresses; Labor market -- Congresses; Employment agencies -- Congresses; Temporary help services -- Congresses; Manpower planning -- Congresses; Manpower policy -- Congresses; Job hunting -- Computer network resources -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: From the craft hiring hall to monster.com, many institutions exist to facilitate the matching of workers with firms. This study analyzes how these third-party actors intercede where workers and firms meet, thereby aiding, impeding, and, in some cases, exploiting the matching process.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reducing search costs; title: Jobs online / Alice O. Nakamura, Kathryn l. Shaw, Richard B. Freeman, Emi Nakamura, and Amanda Pyman; title: The internet and job search / Betsey Stevenson; title: Mitigating adverse selection; title: Effect of employer access to criminal history data on the labor market outcomes of ex-offenders and non-offenders / Keith Finlay; title: Do on-line labor market intermediaries matter? The impact of AlmaLaurea on the university-to-work transition / Manuel F. Bagues and Mauro Sylos Labini; title: Private deception and the rise of public employment offices in the United States, 1890-1930 / Woong Lee; title: Mortgage broker regulations that matter: analyzing earnings, employment, and outcomes for consumers / Morris M. Kleiner and Richard M. Todd; title: Solving collective action problems; title: The effects of a centralized clearinghouse on job placement, wages, and hiring practices / Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth; title: Helping workers online and offline: innovations in union and worker organization using the internet / Richard B. Freeman and M. Marit Rehavi; title: Solving information problems: the special case of temporary help agencies; title: Temporary help services employment in Portugal, 1995-2000 / René Böheim and Ana Rute Cardoso; title: Does temporary help work provide a stepping stone to regular employment? / Michael Kvasnicka; title: Temporary help agencies and the advancement prospects of low earners / Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, and Julia Lane; title: The role of temporary help employment in low-wage worker advancement / Carolyn J. Heinrich, Peter R. Mueser and Kenneth R. Troske.