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Manuel F. Bagues, Mauro Sylos Labini
NBER Working Paper No. 13621*
Issued in November 2007
NBER Program(s): LS
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This paper evaluates the impact of the availability of electronic labor markets on the university-to-work transition. In particular, we analyze the effect of the intermediation activity carried on by the inter-university consortium, AlmaLaurea, on graduates' labor market outcomes. The different timing of universities' enrollment in AlmaLaurea allows us to apply the difference-in-differences method to a repeated cross section data set. If the usual assumption concerning parallel outcomes holds, AlmaLaurea reduces the individual unemployment probability and improves matching quality. Interestingly, we also find that on-line intermediaries foster graduates' geographic mobility.
*Published: Manuel Bagues & Mauro Sylos Labini, 2007.
"Do On-Line Labor Market Intermediaries Matter? The Impact of AlmaLaurea on the University-to-Work Transition,"
NBER Chapters,
in: Studies in Labor Market Intermediation
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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