NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Labor Market Intermediation Conference

David Autor, Organizer

May 17 and 18, 2007

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Thursday, May 17
8:30 am	Continental breakfast
Internet Search
9:00 am	Betsey Stevenson, University of Pennsylvania
	The Internet and Job Search
	Discussant: Ioana Marinescu, University of Chicago
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Mauro Labini, IMT Lucca for Advanced Studies and University of Alicante
	Manuel Bagues, University Carlos III, Madrid
	Do On-Line Labor Market Intermediaries Matter? The impact of AlmaLaurea on the University-to-Work Transition
	Discussant: Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics
New Hiring Practices
11:15 am	Alice Nakamura, University of Alberta
	Kathryn Shaw, Stanford University and NBER
	Richard Freeman, Harvard University and NBER
	Jobs Online
	Discussant: Yannis M. Ioannides, Tufts University
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Keith Finlay, UC, Irvine
	Effect of Employer Access to Criminal History Data on the Labor Market Outcomes of Ex-Offenders and Non-Offenders
	Discussant: David Autor, MIT and NBER
Unions and Hiring
2:15 pm	Woong Lee, UC, Irvine
	Public Employment Offices and the Labor Market in the United States between 1890 and 1940.
	Discussant: Susan Houseman, The Upjohn Institute
3:15 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Richard Freeman, Harvard University and NBER
	Helping Workers Online and Offline: Union and Nonunion Organizations as Labor Market Intermediaries
	Discussant: Peter Cappelli, University of Pennsylvania
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Dinner, The Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA
Friday, May 18
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
New Intermediaries
9:00 am	Muriel Niederle, Stanford University and NBER
	The Effects of a Central Clearinghouse on Job placement, Wages, and Hiring practices: Gastroenterology Fellows as a Case Study
	Discussant: Richard Freeman, Harvard University and NBER
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota and NBER
	Richard Todd, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
	Does the Regulation of Mortgage Brokers Matter?: Impacts on Wages, Employment, and Outcomes for Consumers.
	Discussant: Alexandre Mas, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Temporary Help Agency Work in Europe
11:15 am	Michael Kvasnicka, Humbolt University of Berlin
	Does Temporary Help Work Provide a Stepping Stone to Regular Employment?
	Discussant: Elke Jahn, Harvard University
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Ana Rute Cardoso, IZA
	Rene Boeheim, Johannes Kepler University
	Temporary agency work in Portugal, 1995—2000.
	Discussant: Jeffrey Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
Temporary Help Agency Work in the United States
2:15 pm	Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown University
	Fredrik Andersson, Bureau of the Census
	Julia Lane, University of Chicago - NORC
	Temporary Help Agencies and the Advancement Prospects of Low Earners
	Discussant: Yukako Ono, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
3:15 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Peter Mueser, University of Missouri
	Kenneth Troske, University of Kentucky
	Carolyn Heinrich, University of Wisconsin-Madison
	TheRole of Temporary Help Employment in Low-wage Worker Advancement
	Discussant: Daniel Sullivan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
4:30 pm	Adjourn