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Monograph "ICT and work: towards new organisational systems, new salary and employment structures, and new mechanisms for intermediation"

Who looks for work on the internet?

Elena González-Rodrigo (elena.gonzalez@urjc.es)

Department of Applied Economics I, King Juan Carlos University

Jorge Sainz-González (jorge.sainz@urjc.es)

Department of Applied Economics I, King Juan Carlos University



abstract

Internet has led to an important change in the way we look for work. However, this change has not affected everyone equally. Our analysis shows that the youngest and most educated have made the most of the net. Likewise, it is a tool used more frequently for job searches by those already in employment. One of the most interesting results shows that women, proportionally, use the net more to look for work, a finding that is consistent with the results that show that traditional contracting structures discriminate negatively. Despite the fact that the internet is a factor in the evolution of the employment market, it is obviously not the solution to its problems nor does it represent a radical change.

keywords

employment market, internet, job search, labour discrimination, networks



Submission date:  January 2008
Accepted in:  February 2008
Published in:  April 2008






 
Open summary, issue 6 (2008)

Open summary (iss. 6, 2008)

editorial

Towards a global, knowledge-based economy: the effects of ICT on employment

in-depth


Open research – the ORS way, by Miltiadis Lytras and Miguel-Ángel Sicilia. Presentation by Julià Minguillón

dossier

ICT and work: towards new organisational systems, new salary and employment structures, and new mechanisms for intermediation, coordinated by Joan Torrent

Electronic skill-biased technological change (e-SBTC), employment and salaries: the state of the question, by Joan Torrent

Networked organisation of work: an empirical approach for Catalan businesses, by Pilar Ficapal-Cusí

Salary gaps in the knowledge economy: an empirical analysis for Spain, by Ángel Díaz-Chao

Who looks for work on the internet?, by Elena González-Rodrigo and Jorge Sainz-Gonzalez

miscellany

How do people work in a multilingual virtual classroom? A multilingual learning environment using Moodle and Apertium, by Antoni Oliver and Cristina Borrell

Digital literacy as a factor for social inclusion: a critical perspective, by José Luis Travieso and Jordi Planella

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