Do Temporary Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from 'Work First'

Upjohn Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2657-8479

Series

National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 11743

Issue Date

November 2005, Revised January 2008

Publisher

National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI

10.3386/w11743

Published Version

In American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2(3): 96–128

Sponsorship

This research was supported by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Autor acknowledges generous support from the Sloan Foundation, the National Science Foundation (CAREER award SES-0239538), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Ferry Family Fund.

Subject Areas

LABOR MARKET ISSUES; Employment relationships; Temporary employment; UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS; Poverty and income support; Income support programs; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; Public training programs; Welfare to work

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Autor, David H. and Susan N. Houseman. 2005. "Do Temporary Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from 'Work First.'" National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 11743. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w11743