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Labour Flexibility and Regional Development: The Role of Labour Market Intermediaries

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B ENNER C. (2003) Labour flexibility and regional development: the role of labour market intermediaries, Reg. Studies 37 , 621-633. As contemporary labour markets have become more complex, volatile and unpredictable, labour market intermediaries (LMIs) have played an increasingly prominent role in shaping labour flexibility and regional development. Existing theories of regional development, however, do not adequately account for this prominent role. Using Silicon Valley as a case study, this paper contributes to developing a theory of intermediaries and regional development by highlighting the role LMIs play in three important labour market functions - reducing transactions costs, building networks and managing risk. In doing this, intermediaries play a critical role in shaping the speed and character of labour market adjustment, thus contributing directly to regional development, with significant implications for regional development policy. B ENNER C. (2003) La flexibilite du travail et l'ame nagement du territoire: le role des intermediaires dans le marche du travail, Reg. Studies 37 , 621-633. Au fur et a mesure que les marches du travail sont devenus plus complexes, plus precaires et plus imprevisibles, les intermediaires dans le marche du travail (IMT) ont joue un role de plus en plus important dans la de termination de la flexibilite du travail et de l'amenagement du territoire. Toujours est-il que les theories actuelles de l'ame nagement du territoire ne tient pas compte convenablement de ce role important. A partir d'une etude de cas, a savoir la Silicon Valley, cet article cherche a contribuer a la construction d'une the orie des intermediaires et de l'amenagement du territoire tout en soulignant le role des IMT dans trois fonctions importantes sur le marche du travail - la reduction des frais de transaction, la construction de reseaux et la gestion du risque. De cette maniere, les intermediaires jouent un role primordial dans la determination de la vitesse et de la nature de l'ajustement du marche du travail, ainsi contribuant directement a l'amenagement du territoire, d'ou d'importantes consequences pour la politique d'amenagement du territoire. B ENNER C. (2003) Flexibilitat der Arbeiterschaft und regionale Entwicklung: Die Rolle der Arbeitsmarktvermittler, Reg. Studies 37 , 621-633. Da die heutigen Arbeitsmarkte komplexer, unbestandiger und unvorsehbarer geworden sind, haben Arbeitsmarktvermittler (Labour Market Intermediaries=LMIs) eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle bei der Gestaltung der Flexibilitat der Arbeiterschaft und der regionalen Entwicklung gespielt. Vorhandene Theorien der Regionalentwicklung geben jedoch nur unzulangliche Auskunft uber die Bedeutung ihrer Rolle. Mit Hilfe einer Fachstudie von Silicon Valley tragt dieser Aufsatz zur Entwicklung einer Theorie der Vermittler und regionaler Entwicklung bei, indem er die Rolle hervorhebt, die LMIs in drei bedeutenden Arbeitsmarktfunktionen spielen: der Reduzierung der Abwicklungskosten, der Konstruktion von Netzwerken und der Absicherung von Risiken. In dieser Kapazitat spielen die Vermittler eine kritische Rolle, indem sie Tempo und Charakter der Arbeitsmarktanpassung gestalten, und so direkt zur Regionalentwicklung beitragen; dies hat signifikante Implikationen fur die regionale Entwicklungspolitik.

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  • Chris Benner, 2003. "Labour Flexibility and Regional Development: The Role of Labour Market Intermediaries," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(6-7), pages 621-633.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:37:y:2003:i:6-7:p:621-633
    DOI: 10.1080/0034340032000108723
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