Studies of Labor Market Intermediation Contributor(s): Autor, David H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226032884 ISBN-13: 9780226032887 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $135.63 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Business & Economics | Labor - Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management |
Dewey: 331 |
LCCN: 2008047515 |
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 456 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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 conceptual foundation for analyzing the roles that these understudied economic actors serve in the labor market, this volume develops both a qualitative and quantitative sense of their significance to market operation and worker welfare. Cross-national in scope, Studies of Labor Market Intermediation is distinctive in coalescing research on a set of market institutions that are typically treated as isolated entities, thus setting a research agenda for analyzing the changing shape of employment in an era of rapid globalization and technological change. |