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This PDF is a selection from a published volume from the National Bureau of Economic Research Volume Title: Studies of Labor Market Intermediation Volume Author/Editor: David H. Autor, editor Volume Publisher: University of Chicago Press Volume ISBN: 978-0-226-03288-7; 0-226-03288-4 Volume URL: http://www.nber.org/books/auto07-1 Conference Date: May 17-18, 2007 Publication Date: November 2009 Chapter Title: List of Contributors, Indexes Chapter Author: David H. Autor Chapter URL: http://www.nber.org/chapters/c11978 Chapter pages in book: (437 - 447)

Contributors

Fredrik Andersson Cornell University, ILR School Ives Hall East Ithaca, NY 14853-3901

Keith Finlay Department of Economics 206 Tilton Hall Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118

David H. Autor Department of Economics MIT, E52-371 50 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142-1347

Richard B. Freeman NBER 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138

Manuel F. Bagues Universidad Carlos III Office 7.0.17 C/ Madrid 126 28903 Getafe Madrid, Spain

Carolyn J. Heinrich Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs University of Wisconsin—Madison 1225 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706-1211

René Böheim Department of Economics Johannes Kepler University Altenberger Str. 69 A-4040 Linz-Auhof, Austria

Harry J. Holzer Georgetown Public Policy Institute 3520 Prospect Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20007

Ana Rute Cardoso IAE-CSIC Institute for Economic Analysis Spanish National Research Council Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Morris M. Kleiner University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute 260 Humphrey Center 301 19th Street South Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Michael Kvasnicka RWI Essen Büro Berlin Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin, Germany Julia Lane National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 Woong Lee Department of Economics University of California, Irvine 3151 Social Science Plaza Irvine, CA 92697-5100 Peter R. Mueser 331 Professional Building Department of Economics University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 Alice O. Nakamura Department of Finance and Management Science University of Alberta School of Business Room 3-40B Business Building Edmonton, AB T6G 2R6 Canada Emi Nakamura Columbia Business School 3022 Broadway, Uris Hall 820 New York, NY 10027 Muriel Niederle Department of Economics 579 Serra Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6072 Amanda Pyman Kent Business School The University of Kent Canterbury Kent CT2 7PE, England

M. Marit Rehavi University of Michigan 109 Observatory SPH-II, M2224 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029 Alvin E. Roth Department of Economics Littauer 308 Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138-3001 Kathryn L. Shaw Graduate School of Business Littlefield 339 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-5015 Betsey Stevenson The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania 1454 Steinberg—Dietrich Hall 3620 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104 Mauro Sylos Labini IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies Piazza S. Ponziano, 6 55100 Lucca, Italy Richard M. Todd Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis 90 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55401-1804 Kenneth R. Troske Department of Economics 335BA Gatton Business and Economics Building University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0034

Author Index

Abe, Y., 106n17 Abowd, J. M., 374, 376, 377n3, 378n5 Abraham, K. G., 15, 338 Adams, L. P., 163 Adar, E., 286 Aigner, D., 37n18 Akerlof, G. A., 1, 5, 37n18, 192 Alexander, W. P., 184, 189, 190 Almus, M., 340 Altonji, J. G., 18, 37n18, 427, 427n25, 428n27, 429n29, 432n30 Amuedo-Dorantes, C., 310 Andersson, A. M., 35n14, 49n37, 375, 376, 379, 381, 394, 401, 402, 403, 404, 411 Andler, E. C., 92 Andreoni, J., 281 Andrews, J. B., 158, 158n5, 159, 162, 163 Andrich, D., 197n13 Antoni, M., 310, 405n7 Apgar, W., 185n4, 187, 189, 190, 192n9, 211 Arvey, R. D., 92n2 Ashenfelter, O., 412 Atkinson, R. C., 164 Autor, D. H., 5, 15, 16, 16n11, 21n17, 27, 28n1, 47n32, 49n35, 67, 91, 127, 129, 135, 177, 209, 310, 312, 338, 339, 340, 373, 374, 376, 376n2, 399, 401 Avery, C. A., 236, 258, 258n21, 262, 264, 268 Avery, R. B., 211

Backley, C., 196 Bagues, M., 141n21 Baldwin, G. B., 160 Barker, D., 196, 200 Basu, K., 20n15 Bauer, W. T., 253n16 Beck, A. J., 89, 106 Begun, J. W., 195 Bender, S., 341 Bendimerad, A., 185n4, 187, 189, 190, 211 Benner, C., 15, 20, 375 Bernardy, C. J., 92n2 Bertrand, M., 121n26 Bishop, J., 286 Blanchflower, D. G., 284 Blank, R. M., 310 Blau, D. M., 73n3 Bocian, D., 189 Bogart, E. L., 158, 159, 162 Bolles, R. N., 29, 34n12 Bonczar, T. P., 106 Bond, R. S., 195 Booth, A., 310, 340, 402, 403 Breen, W., 163, 172n19 Brencˇicˇ, V., 29n2 Bresnahan, T., 47n32 Brevoort, K. P., 211 Brien, P. M., 93 Bronstein, A. S., 338 Brose, H., 339 Brown, J., 75, 75n5 Bruneau, J., 52n40

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Brunello, G., 28n1 Brynjolfsson, E., 47n32 Bryson, A., 284 Bulow, J., 252, 252n14 Burda, M. C., 336, 338, 354 Burdett, K., 135 Burke, M. E., 92n2 Burlingame, L., 184, 185n4, 189 Bushway, S. D., 93, 97 Cain, G., 37n18 Canner, G. B., 211 Cappellari, L., 28n1 Card, D., 412 Cardoso, A. R., 314 Centola, D., 284 Cho, R., 96n9 Chun, G. H., 184, 190 Cochran, W., 351 Cohany, S. R., 338, 347, 402 Coles, P., 267 Comanor, W. S., 29n4 Commons, J. R., 158, 158n5, 159, 162, 163 Conner, J. E., 162 Connerley, M. L., 92n2 Cox, C., 195 Creecy, R. H., 378n5 Cummings, J., 202n20 Darlington, R., 274, 285 De Koning, J., 155, 177 Deming, B., 164 Denys, J., 155, 177 Devine, E. T., 160 Diamond, P. A., 2, 2n2 Diamond, W., 276, 285 Diewert, W. E., 52n40 DiNatale, M., 399, 413n17 Duda, M., 192n9 Dunlop, J., 374n1 Dyke, A., 413n14 Eberts, R. W., 177n24 Eckert, S. E., 49n35 Edwards, G. W., 158n5 Ehrinpreis, M. N., 261 El Anshasy, A., 184, 185n4, 189, 196, 211n25 Elder, T. E., 18, 427, 427n25, 428n27, 429n29, 432n30 Elliehausen, G., 184, 185n4, 189, 196, 211n25

Engel, K. C., 185n4 Erickcek, G. A., 15, 20n14, 402 Ernst, K., 189 Essene, R. S., 185n4, 187, 189, 190, 211 Even, W. E., 404 Fairbanks, A., 258, 264 Fallick, B., 28n1, 39n26, 80n11 Feldman, R., 195 Feldstein, M., 51n39 Ferber, M. A., 338 Fine, J., 299n14 Finegold, D., 339n2, 347n4 Finkin, M. W., 155, 156n3, 160n8 Fleischman, C. A., 28n1, 39n26, 80n11 Forde, C., 310 Forman, C., 78n9 Foster, S., 195 Francesconi, M., 310, 340, 402, 403 Frank, J., 310, 340, 402, 403 Fréchette, G., 263, 263n24 Fredriksson, P., 348 Freeman, R. B., 49n35, 51n39, 129, 273, 274, 275, 276, 276n1, 277, 280, 285 Friedman, M., 9, 192 Gagliarducci, S., 403n3 Gale, D., 235, 240n3, 240n4 Garcia-Fontes, W., 193n11 García-Pérez, J. I., 340, 403 Gay, R., 195 Gerardi, K., 184, 188 Gerson, L., 256n18 Gesser, A., 275 Gibbons, R., 37n18 Giloth, R., 396 Goldfarb, A., 78n9 Goolsbee, A., 75, 75n5 Gorey, R. N., 192n9 Gramlich, E. M., 184, 192n9 Greene, K., 195 Greenhouse, S., 279 Greenstein, S., 78n9 Greer, C. R., 276 Grogger, J., 96 Gutchess, J., 164n12 Guttentag, J., 184, 185n4, 187, 188, 189, 190 Guzda, H. P., 161, 163 Haas, A., 341 Halaburda, H. W., 264n25 Haltiwanger, J., 376

Author Index Hamermesh, D., 381n8 Harner, C. D., 262, 268 Harrington, A., 38 Harrison, P. M., 89 Haruvy, E., 258n21, 268 Heckman, J. J., 136, 412 Hegewish, A., 347n4 Heinrich, C. J., 19, 375, 399, 400n1, 402, 404, 404n4, 411, 413n15, 415n18, 423n24 Herbst, D., 92 Herdon, J. G., Jr., 158, 161 Hermanson, S., 184, 189 Hersch, J., 274, 299n14 Heyma, A., 310, 340 Hindelang, M. J., 106n17 Hinton, D., 93n3 Hirschi, T., 106n17 Hiscox, M., 281 Hitt, L. M., 47n32 Hjalmarsson, R., 102 Holzer, H. J., 90, 92, 97, 177n24, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 381, 394, 396, 401, 402, 403, 404, 411 Hopenhayn, H., 193n11 Houseman, S. N., 15, 16, 20n14, 177, 310, 338, 339, 340, 373, 374, 376, 376n2, 399, 401, 402 Huberman, B. A., 286 Ichino, A., 310, 338, 340, 375 Ihlanfeldt, K., 375 Immorlica, N., 240 Indivik, J., 92n2 Ioannides, Y. M., 28n1, 374 Jackson, H. E., 184, 185n4, 189 Jacobides, M. G., 184, 186 Jacobson, L. S., 319 Jacoby, S. M., 156, 156n3, 160n8 Jahn, E. J., 310, 347, 405n7 Johansson, P., 348 Johnson, P. R., 92n2 Jolls, C., 299n14 Jones, Q., 286, 289 Jorgenson, H., 15 Juhn, C., 378 Kagel, J. H., 250, 255 Kahneman, D., 281 Kain, J., 375 Kaldor, N. V., 29n4

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Kalleberg, A. L., 15, 20n14, 402 Kandel, E., 191n8 Katok, E., 28n1 Katz, L. F., 1n1, 15, 21, 28n1, 37n18, 47n32, 338, 374n1 Kearney, M., 47n32 Kellogg, R. M., 161, 172n19 Kenney, M., 37n20 Kern, M., 278 Kim-Sung, K., 184, 189 Kirkegaard, J. F., 47n32 Kirsner, Scott, 36 Klamer, A., 29n4 Kleiner, M. M., 9n8, 185, 195, 196 Kling, J. R., 96, 103n15 Klös, H.-P., 337 Klose, C., 341 Knetsch, J. L., 281 Knight, S. C., 49n35 Kojima, F., 240 Kollak, P., 286 Kramarz, F., 378n5 Kroft, K., 4n3, 130, 153 Kroszner, R. S., 184 Krueger, A. B., 1n1, 15, 21, 28n1, 67, 196, 338 Kübler, D., 157 Kudrie, R. T., 196 Kugler, A., 4n4 Kuhn, P., 5, 28n1, 34n10, 82, 83n13, 127, 128, 129, 130, 152, 153 Kvasnicka, M., 310, 336, 337, 338, 347, 354, 356, 403 Lacko, J. M., 188, 189 LaCour-Little, M., 184, 185n4, 190, 211n25, 216 LaLonde, R., 96n9, 319, 412 Lane, J., 375, 376, 379, 381, 394, 402, 402n2, 403, 404, 411 Lang, K., 28n1 Laub, J. H., 91 Lawrence, P., 52n40 Lazear, E. P., 35n14, 191n8 Leamer, E., 28n1 Lechner, M., 352 Leete, L., 15, 20, 375 Lefgren, L., 79n10 Leiserson, W. M., 160 Leuven, E., 351n5 Levenson, A., 339n2, 347n4 Levin, J., 252, 252n14

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Levy, F., 16n1, 47n32, 338 Lewis, H. G., 1 Li, H., 264n25 Li, W., 189 Li, Y., 195 Lochner, L., 102 Loury, D., 374 Lynch, L., 299n14 Macpherson, D. A., 404 Madrian, B., 79n10 Mahdian, M., 240 Malo, M., 310 Mangum, G., 338 Mann, C. L., 49n35 Margolis, D., 378n5 Marsden, P. V., 15 Martinez, T., 155, 156n3, 158n5 Martinson, K., 374, 396, 404 Mayall, D., 338 Mayer, W., 339 McCloskey, D., 29n4 McCoy, P. A., 185n4 McGarity, M., 191n7 McKinney, C. N., 250, 257, 261n23 McLennan, K., 279 Mealli, F., 310, 338, 340, 375 Merrlié, D., 338 Meyer, B. D., 137n14, 150, 255 Milgrom, P., 37n18 Mishel, L., 274 Mortensen, D. T., 2, 2n2, 28n1 Mueser, P. R., 19, 375, 399, 400n1, 402, 404n4, 411, 413n15, 415n18, 423n24 Muhlhauser, H., 158 Mullainathan, S., 29n4, 121n26 Mullan, F., 49n34, 49n36 Muñoz-Bullón, F., 310, 340, 403 Murname, R. J., 16n1, 47n32, 338 Murphy, K., 378, 427 Nack, D., 278 Nagin, D., 120 Nakamura, A. O., 52n40 Nannicini, T., 310, 338, 340, 375 Needels, K. E., 91, 103n15 Nelson, K., 338 Newman, N., 276 Niederle, M., 236, 238, 239, 240, 244, 245, 247, 250, 252n13, 252n14, 253, 255, 256n19, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 261n23, 265, 267

Nollen, S. D., 310, 402 Norris, J. B., 29n2 Odencrantz, L. C., 164 Odewahn, C. A., 92n2 Olson, D., 184n2, 200 Olson, M., 281 Ondrich, J., 135 Oster, S., 37n18 Osterman, P., 299n14 Pager, D., 98, 119n25 Pahl, C., 184, 196 Paoli, P., 338 Pappalardo, J. K., 188, 189 Parker, R. E., 15 Pastor, M., 15, 20, 375 Pathak, P. A., 242 Pavetti, L. M., 402 Pawasarat, J., 15, 402 Peranson, E., 240, 242, 252 Pierce, B., 378 Pierret, C., 37n18 Pissarides, C. A., 2, 2n2, 128, 135, 157 Polivka, A. E., 402 Pope, D. G., 4n3, 130, 153 Poppe, N., 403 Proctor, D. D., 236, 238, 239, 244, 245, 253, 258, 259, 260, 261 Pugh, T., 52n40 Quah, D., 28n1, 29n3 Rafaeli, S., 286, 289, 396 Rankin, L. J., 202n20 Raphael, S., 90, 92, 97, 105–6 Ravid, G., 286, 289 Rebick, M. E., 28n1, 131n4 Rebitzer, J. B., 28n1, 374n1 Reif, X., 49n35 Resnick, P. K., 286 Reynolds, J., 15 Rheingold, H., 286 Riemer, H., 15 Robbins, P. K., 73n3 Rogers, J., 273, 274, 275, 277 Rogerson, W. P., 192n10 Rosen, H. S., 184, 188 Rosen, L. S., 92, 93n3 Rosen, S., 264n25 Rosenbaum, P. R., 357n9 Rosenbloom, J. L., 159, 161n11, 173

Author Index Roth, A. E., 28n1, 235, 236, 236n2, 238, 239, 240, 240n4, 242, 244, 245, 250, 252, 252n13, 252n14, 253, 254n17, 255, 256n19, 257, 258, 258n21, 259, 260, 261, 261n23, 262, 263, 263n24, 264, 266, 267, 268, 269 Rubin, D. B., 136, 351, 357n9 Rudolph, H., 339, 354 Ruggles, S., 165, 173 Ruttenberg, S. H., 164n12 Saint Paul, G., 4n4 Sampson, R. J., 91 Sargent, F. B., 158, 159, 160, 162 Scarborough, D., 91 Schloemer, E., 184, 187, 188, 189, 190 Schröder, E., 339 Schulze-Böing, M., 339 Schwartzstein, J., 29n4 Segal, I., 265n26 Segal, L. M., 17, 310, 319, 338, 339n2, 345, 402 Shapiro, C., 192n10, 193 Shapley, L. S., 235, 240n3, 240n4 Shaw, K. L., 35n14 Shepard, L., 195 Shimazaki, Y., 184, 185n4, 189, 196, 211n25 Shleifer, A., 29n4 Shostak, A., 274 Shumer, C., 184 Sianesi, B., 336, 348, 351n5, 352n6, 357, 357n9 Sichelman, L., 187 Sjoquist, D., 375 Skuterud, M., 5, 34n10, 82, 83n13, 128, 129, 130, 152, 153 Slater, G., 310 Slichter, S., 1 Smith, D. H., 162 Smith, J. A., 412 Smyth, N., 281 Sotomayor, M., 240n4 Spence, M., 2, 37n18 Stevens, C. D., 276 Stevenson, B., 39n26, 44n31, 78, 83, 83n13, 130 Stewart, A. M., 158n5 Stewart, B. M., 158n5 Stoll, M. A., 90, 92, 97, 396 Storrie, D., 309, 312, 313, 315n7, 338, 339, 347n4

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Strawn, J., 404 Suen, W., 264n25 Sullivan, D. G., 17, 310, 319, 338, 339n2, 345, 402 Summers, L. H., 1n1 Sundstrom, W. A., 173 Surowiecki, J., 285 Sylos Labini, M., 141n21 Taber, C. R., 18, 427, 427n25, 428n27, 429n29, 432n30 Taras, D., 275 Tarlau, J., 278 Taylor, S. K., 338 Thaler, R. H., 281 Topel, R. H., 427 Troske, K. R., 19, 375, 399, 400n1, 402, 404n4, 411, 413n15, 415n18, 423n24 Uggen, C., 91 Ünver, M. U., 258n21, 263, 263n24, 268 Van Buren, M., 339n2, 347n4 Van den Berg, G. J., 310, 340 Van Welsum, D., 49n35 Vilhuber, L., 377n3 Viscusi, W. K., 106n17 Waldfogel, J., 120, 338 Walwei, U., 155, 177 Warburton, R. N., 52n40 Warburton, W. P., 52n40 Warren, W., 38 Webb, D. L., 92n2 Weis, J. G., 106n17 Werwatz, A., 337, 338, 354 Western, B., 96 Willen, P., 184, 188 Wilson, T. A., 29n4 Windsheimer, A., 347 Wong, G., 52n40 Woodward, S. E., 185n4, 188, 189 Xing, X., 262, 263, 264, 267 Yariv, L., 247, 265 Yavas, A., 157, 184, 195 Zeckhauser, R., 258, 264 Zijl, M., 310, 340 Zinovyera, N., 141n21

Subject Index

Page references followed by t or f refer to tables and figures, respectively. adverse selection: of firms, 8–9; LMIs for mitigating, 5–10; online job boards and, 5–6 AlmaLaurea, 78; alternatives to, 150–51; background of, 130–36; data for, 138–42; economics of electronic labor markets and, 135–36; empirical strategy for study of, 136–38; history and performance of, 133, 134t; impact of, 142–48; introduction to, 127–30; outcomes of, 148–50 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 276 America’s Job Bank (AJB), 29, 30t, 37–38; traffic metrics, 32t applicant-proposing deferred acceptance algorithms, 238, 239–42 bonding requirements, evidence on politics of enacting higher, 221–22 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993), 93–94 CareerBuilder.com, 4, 29, 30t, 33–35; traffic metrics, 32t clearinghouses, 235–36; congestion and, 236; salaries and, 250–54. See also gastroenterology (GI) market

collective action problems, of LMIs, 10–14; GI market and, 12 commercial e-recruiting, 35–37, 39n26 compulsory disclosure, online job boards and, 6 Craigslist.org, 29, 30t, 38; traffic metrics, 32t criminal background checks: labor market effects of, 97–100; use of, 92–93 criminal histories, 6; expanded availability of data, 92–96; state-level databases for, 93–94 deferred acceptance algorithms, 238, 239–42 employed, job search activities among, 79– 83 Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), 278 entry-level job markets, institutions for regulating, 237t entry-level medical markets, 236–37 e-recruiting, 27–28; commercial, in U.S., 33–37, 39n26; corporate websites and, 31–33, 33t; five facts about, 35–37; global outreach of, 39–47; industry basics of, 28–33; labor market effects of growth of, 47–50; nonprofit, in U.S., 37–39; one company’s transition to, 51–52. See also online job boards exploding offers, 11, 236

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Freeman Job Search Survey, 39–47, 54– 62, 74 gastroenterology (GI) market, 12, 238; as case study, 262–69; changing the organization of, 254–60; effects of centralized matching and, 243–50; history of, 242–43; unexpected effects of matching in, 261. See also clearinghouses Germany, THS firms in, 335–36 GI market. See gastroenterology (GI) market Hotjobs.yahoo.com, 4, 29, 30t, 33–35; traffic metrics, 32t incarceration: data on, 100–103; descriptive statistics for labor market outcomes of, 103–6; labor market effects of, 96–97; regression results for, 107–22 “information-only” labor market intermediaries, 4–5 intermediaries. See labor market intermediaries (LMIs) Internet: access to criminal records on, 94–95; effect of, on using job search methods, 75–78, 76t; job search behavior and, 4–5, 67–69; unions and, 274 job boards. See online job boards JobCentral.com, 29, 30t, 38–39; traffic metrics, 32 job search behavior: by demographic groups, 71, 72t; descriptive statistics for online, 69–72, 70t; of employed, 79–83; Internet and, 4–5, 67–69; by unemployed, 73–79 job search methods, effect of Internet on probability of using, 75–78, 76t Knights of Labor, 276 labor market intermediaries (LMIs): categories of, by market function and nature of participation, 2, 2t; collective action problems of, 10–14; defined, 1; information-only, 4–5; for mitigating adverse selection, 5–10 labor markets, 1–2; opening applicants’ criminal history and, 6–7 labor unions. See unions Law on Placement Activity (LoPA) (Germany), 335–36, 354–55

licensing. See mortgage broker licensing; occupational licensing LMIs. See labor market intermediaries (LMIs) Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD) data, 376–81 Medical Specialties Matching Program (MSMP), 238, 242 Monster.com, 4, 29, 30t, 33–35; traffic metrics, 32t mortgage broker licensing: measuring, 196–201; methodology for study of, 201; panel data results for labor market variables, 201–6; panel data results for mortgage market variables, 206–17 mortgage brokers, 9–10; consumer issues regarding, 189; critics of, 188–89; introduction to, 183–85; issues for lenders regarding, 189–90; rise of, 185–90; roles of, 186; services of, 186 mortgage markets, evolution of, 186–87, 188 National Crime Information Center (NCIC), 93 National Criminal History Improvement Program, 93 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth in 1997 (NLSY97), 100–103 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), 11–12, 235, 240 nonprofit e-recruiting, 37–39 occupational licensing: previous evaluations of effects of, 195–96; theory of, 190–95. See also mortgage brokers online job boards, 4; adverse selection and, 5–6; compulsory disclosure and, 6; core problem of, 6; introduction to, 27–28; traffic metrics for, 31, 32t open records states, 6, 94, 95f open source model, of labor unions, 13 open source (OS) unions, 274–75; traditional unions vs., 275t Paul v. Davis, 92 personnel-service-agencies (PSA), 336. See also temporary help service (THS) firms Portugal: data for THS firms in, 314–15; temporary help service firms in, 312– 13; THS firms and workers in, 322t; wage regressions for, 324–32; wages and

Subject Index THS firms in, 316–19; wages before and after working in THS firms in, 319–20 preemployment screening, 89–91 private employment offices, 157–59; lowquality, 159–60 propensity-score matching, 351–58 public employment offices: background of, 161–65; conclusions of study of, 174–77; empirical questions for study of, 171–74; establishment of, 155–56; introduction to, 155–57; theory of, 157–60; unemployment rate and use of, 161–65, 163f; use of, by job-seekers, 161, 162f; users of, 165–71 Roth Peranson algorithm, 240, 241t Salary.com, 52–53 SEARCH, 95, 95n7 temporary help agencies, 14–21; data for study of, 376–82; dynamics of, 384–85, 384t; employment outcomes of workers using, 385–87, 386t; introduction to, 373–74; job characteristics of low earners and, 388, 389–90t; literature on, 374–76; personal characteristics of workers using, 382–84, 384t; regression equations for earnings of low earners in subsequent periods and, 390–94, 391t, 392t; use of, by workers, 382, 382t. See also temporary help service (THS) firms temporary help service (THS) employment: changes in role of, 420–24; concentration of disadvantaged works in, 399–400; data for study of, 404–8; estimated effects on earnings of, 412–16, 414t; estimated effects on employment of, 412–13, 416, 517t; literature on, 401–4; nonwhites and, 424–26; robustness tests for impact on earnings of, 426–32; as transitional employment, 401, 408–12; transitions between sectors and, 416–20

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temporary help service (THS) firms: descriptive evidence on labor force and career prospects of Portuguese, 315–16; in Germany, 335–36; introduction to, 309–11; in Portugal, 312–13; results for German unemployed workers and, 336–37; wage regressions for Portuguese, 324–32; wages and, 311–12; wages and, in Portugal, 316–19; wages before and after working in Portugal, 319–20, 321t; and workers in Portugal, 322t. See also temporary help agencies temporary help service (THS) work: as bridge to regular employment, 338–39; data used for study of, 341–42; empirical findings of study of, 359–66; evaluating stepping-stone function of, 342–51; introduction to, 335–38; propensity-score matching and, 351– 58; research on, 339–41 THS firms. See temporary help service (THS) firms trade unions. See unions unemployed, the, job search behavior of, 73–79 Unionreps.org.uk, 284–85; analysis of bulletin board threads of, 289–94; defined, 285–86; functions of, 286–89; longitudinal analysis of, 294–98 unions: effects of innovations in, 298–301; Internet and, 274; as LMIs, 12–13; open source model of, 13; open source unions vs., 275t; in United Kingdom, 274; in United States, 273–74, 277–79. See also open source (OS) unions United Kingdom, unions in, 274 United States: commercial e-recruiting in, 33–39; nonprofit e-recruiting in, 37–39; unions in, 273–74, 277–79 unraveling, 11, 236 Working America (WA), 13–14; attributes of, 281t; defined, 279–80; functions of, 281–84; membership of, 280–81

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