Do Temporary-Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from "Work First"
Temporary-help jobs offer rapid entry into paid employment, but they are typically brief and it is unknown whether they foster longer term employment. We utilize the unique structure of Detroit's welfare-to- work program to identify the effect of temporary-help jobs on labor market advancement....
Main Authors: | Autor, David H., Houseman, Susan N. |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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American Economic Association
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61693 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6915-9381 |
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