Landing the first job: The value of intermediaries in online hiring

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 810-854

  Stanton, Christopher T ^a,b,c   Thomas, Catherine ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incomplete information; Labour market intermediation; Offshoring

Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; OFFSHORING; OUTSOURCING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84964579639     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdv042     Document Type: Article

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