Economic Opportunity in a Volatile Economy

Project Overview

Research Team

Acknowledgements

What's in this Report?

Why Silicon Valley and Milwaukee?

Project Data and Method Overview

Market Meeters vs. Market Makers

Major Findings

Recommendations for Practice and Policy

Building on our Work

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This report looks at the role of labor market intermediaries in two major metropolitan areas, Silicon Valley in California and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In this report we:

• provide a "landscape" of intermediary activity within each region
• document the incidence of intermediary use, both across each regional labor market and within particular sub-groups of workers
• discuss the services workers receive from these intermediaries
• assess the quality of services they receive
• analyze factors that influence the impact intermediaries have on the quality of employment and career opportunities
• explore the relationship between social networks, urban geography, and the use of labor market intermediaries
• identify important areas for further research and policy development