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Studies of labor market intermediation / edited by David H. Autor.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
- National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consorzio interuniversitario AlmaLaurea--Congresses.
- Consorzio interuniversitario AlmaLaurea.
- Labor market--Congresses.
- Labor market.
- Employment agencies--Congresses.
- Employment agencies.
- Temporary help services--Congresses.
- Temporary help services.
- Manpower planning--Congresses.
- Manpower planning.
- Manpower policy--Congresses.
- Manpower policy.
- Job hunting--Computer network resources--Congresses.
- Job hunting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (456 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From the traditional craft hiring hall to the Web site Monster.com, a multitude of institutions exist to facilitate the matching of workers with firms. The diversity of such Labor Market Intermediaries (LMIs) encompasses criminal records providers, public employment offices, labor unions, temporary help agencies, and centralized medical residency matches. Studies of Labor Market Intermediation analyzes how these third-party actors intercede where workers and firms meet, thereby aiding, impeding, and, in some cases, exploiting the matching process. By building a conce
- Contents:
- Reducing search costs
- Jobs online / Alice O. Nakamura, Kathryn l. Shaw, Richard B. Freeman, Emi Nakamura, and Amanda Pyman
- The internet and job search / Betsey Stevenson
- Mitigating adverse selection
- Effect of employer access to criminal history data on the labor market outcomes of ex-offenders and non-offenders / Keith Finlay
- Do on-line labor market intermediaries matter? The impact of AlmaLaurea on the university-to-work transition / Manuel F. Bagues and Mauro Sylos Labini
- Private deception and the rise of public employment offices in the United States, 1890-1930 / Woong Lee
- Mortgage broker regulations that matter: analyzing earnings, employment, and outcomes for consumers / Morris M. Kleiner and Richard M. Todd
- Solving collective action problems
- The effects of a centralized clearinghouse on job placement, wages, and hiring practices / Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth
- Helping workers online and offline: innovations in union and worker organization using the internet / Richard B. Freeman and M. Marit Rehavi
- Solving information problems: the special case of temporary help agencies
- Temporary help services employment in Portugal, 1995-2000 / Rene Boheim and Ana Rute Cardoso
- Does temporary help work provide a stepping stone to regular employment? / Michael Kvasnicka
- Temporary help agencies and the advancement prospects of low earners / Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, and Julia Lane
- The role of temporary help employment in low-wage worker advancement / Carolyn J. Heinrich, Peter R. Mueser and Kenneth R. Troske.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786612445507
- 9781282445505
- 1282445502
- 9780226032900
- 0226032906
- OCLC:
- 592756268
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