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State Employment Agencies and Labour Market Efficiency

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  • Adnett, N J

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Responding to recent reduced expenditure on state employment agencies, this paper reexamines their economic rationale. Current search theory is inappropriate for analyzing the behavior of most job searchers and evidence is presented which indicates the importance o f the extended internal labor market in the job-matching process. Sel f-directed search will be ineffective for those with poor access to t hese informal hiring channels. The case is then developed for the req uirement that employers register vacancies with the employment agency. Empirical support for this is provided by a study of the operation of the British labor market in the 1950s. Copyright 1987 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Adnett, N J, 1987. "State Employment Agencies and Labour Market Efficiency," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 11(3), pages 183-196, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:11:y:1987:i:3:p:183-96
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    1. Lars Behrenz, 2001. "Who Gets the Job and Why? an Explorative Study of Employers'recruitment Behavior," Journal of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(2), pages 255-278, November.
    2. Sabatier, Mareva, 2002. "Modes de recherche d’emploi et durée de chômage des jeunes : applications microéconométriques au Panel Téléphonique du CEREQ," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 78(1), pages 41-66, Mars.
    3. Cavaco, Sandra & Lesueur, Jean-Yves & Sabatier, Mareva & Lesueur, Jean-Yves, 2004. "Stratégies de recherche, contraintes spatiales et hétérogénéité des transitions vers l’emploi : estimation économétrique d’un modèle structurel de recherche," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 80(2), pages 439-464, Juin-Sept.
    4. Mareva Sabatier, 2002. "Modes de Recherche d'Emploi et Durée de Chômage des Jeunes : Applications Econométriques au "Panel Téléphonique" du CEREQ," Post-Print hal-00825998, HAL.
    5. Sabatier, Mareva, 2002. "Strategies D'Insertion Et Duree D'Acces Au Premier Emploi [Job search strategies and unemployment duration before the first job]," MPRA Paper 10500, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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