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Staircases and Treadmills?: Labor Market Intermediaries and Economic Opportunity in a Changing Economy
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. As the job market has grown more volatile, a variety of labor market intermediaries–organizations that help job seekers find employment–have sprung up, from private temporary agencies to government “One-Stop Career Centers.” In Staircases or Treadmills? Chris Benner, Laura Leete, and Manuel Pastor investigate what approaches are most effective in helping workers to secure jobs with decent wages and benefits, and they provide specific policy recomme… More >>
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Tags: Changing, Economic, Economy, Intermediaries, Labor, Market, Opportunity, Staircases, Treadmills. | 
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