Flexible recession: the temporary staffing industry and mediated work in the United States
研究了美国临时派遣行业在1990年代繁荣、2001年弹性衰退及随后的无就业复苏中的结构性功能，认为该行业在美国劳动力市场中扮演着系统性宏观调节角色，承担了不成比例的调整成本。
The evolution of the temporary staffing industry (TSI) in the US is examined, with particular reference to the structural functions of temporary work during the boom of the 1990s, the 'flexible' recession of 2001, and the subsequent 'jobless' recovery. It is argued that the TSI is increasingly playing a systemic, macroregulatory role in the US labour market, where it now accounts for a disproportionate share of the costs of labour-market adjustment. The development path of the TSI is closely intertwined with the wider restructuring of the US economy, where it has assumed a significant presence as a purveyor of low-cost, flexibly mediated labour. Copyright 2007, Oxford University Press.