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Staircases or Treadmills? Labor Market Intermediaries and Economic Opportunity in a Changing Economy / Chris Benner, Laura Leete, Manuel Pastor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benner, Chris.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor supply--United States.
- Labor supply.
- Labor market--United States.
- Labor market.
- Employment agencies.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Globalization, technological change, and deregulation have made the American marketplace increasingly competitive in recent decades, but for many workers this "new economy" has entailed heightened job insecurity, lower wages, and scarcer benefits.
- Contents:
- Contents; About the Authors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Mobility and Economic Opportunity: The Role of Intermediaries; Chapter 2. The Old and New Economies: A Comparison of Milwaukee and Silicon Valley; Chapter 3. Meeting, Molding, and Making Markets: How Intermediaries Shape Labor Flows; Chapter 4. The Incidence and Use of Labor Market Intermediaries; Chapter 5. The Impact of Intermediaries on Job Outcomes; Chapter 6. The Role of Social Capital in Choosing Labor Market Intermediaries; Chapter 7. Conclusions and Implications for Future Research and Policy
- Appendix. Data and MethodsNotes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-280) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-043-9
- OCLC:
- 647668174
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