Wiring the Labor Market
探讨互联网如何改变工人与企业的匹配方式、劳动服务的交付以及地方市场对劳动力需求的影响,指出这些变化将带来社会收益但也伴随新问题。
Workers and jobs are naturally heterogeneous and the quality of their interaction when paired is difficult to forecast. The Internet promises to open new channels for worker-firm communications. What are the consequences of this opening? I discuss three labor market features that may be altered: how worker-firm matches are made; how labor services are delivered; and how local markets shape labor demand. Theory predicts these developments will produce social benefits. But the gains are unlikely to be uniform and realizing them will generate novel problems. One result may be the formation of new institutions to address issues accompanying these opportunities.