Staircases and treadmills: Labor market intermediaries and economic opportunity in a changing economy

Staircases and Treadmills: Labor Market Intermediaries and Economic Opportunity in A Changing Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-290

  Benner, Chris ^a   Leete, Laura ^b   Pastor, Manuel ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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