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The ILR Review features international and interdisciplinary research that advances new theory, presents novel empirical work, and informs organizational and public policy.

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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 2h
When the law recognizes equality, does the labor market follow? Honorata Bogusz (University of Warsaw) and Jan Gromadzki (WU Vienna) examine same-sex couples’ labor-market outcomes across 8 countries. Read in @ILRReview: doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When a recession hits, whose skills help them weather it? In ILR Review, David E. Frisvold (University of Iowa) and Sun Hyung Kim (Ohio State) explore how cognitive and social skills shape workers’ outcomes during downturns. Read the article: doi.org/10.1177/0019... #ilrreview #skills #recession
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What does the minimum wage have to do with racial justice? In a new ILR Review book review, Cornell ILR’s Gali Racabi examines Ruben J. Garcia’s "Critical Wage Theory: Why Wage Justice Is Racial Justice"—exploring wage laws, labor law & inequality. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In a new ILR Review book review, Dean Alex Colvin of Cornell ILR School examines Brendan Ballou’s When Companies Run the Courts and how forced arbitration became embedded in American workplaces. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0019... #ILRReview #ForcedArbitration #LaborRelations #WorkersRights
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What happens to firms’ hiring when workers become harder to find? Mario Bossler & Martin Popp examine how tight labor markets, recruitment costs, and worker reallocation shape firms’ labor demand in Germany. 📖 Labor Demand on a Tight Leash: lnkd.in/giZQtrGz #ILRReview #LaborEconomics #LaborMarkets
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
John Kallas, Assistant Professor at @IllinoisLER, examines how LGBTQIA+ Starbucks workers turned identity, lived experience, and shared workplace concerns into #union power. Based on 53 interviews. Read: lnkd.in/eh2MqiRV #LaborMovement #StarbucksWorkersUnited
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
What actually helps workers recover after losing a job? JensStegmaier & Richard Upward take on the question in a new #ILRReview study of Germany’s transfer companies. Safety net or helping hand? doi.org/10.1177/0019... #LaborEconomics #JobDisplacement
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Young workers aren’t waiting for the future of labor. They’re organizing it. New in #ILRReview: ericblanc.bsky.social (Rutgers) examines the 2021–2024 union uptick and young-worker organizing. Read: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Unionizing Young Workers: America’s Labor Uptick and Youth Outreach Strategies - Eric Blanc, 2026
Scholars and practitioners agree that organized labor’s difficulty recruiting young people constitutes one of the central obstacles to union growth and revitali...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
How can #TradeUnions shape technological change before it reaches the workplace? Bowkett of the University of Manchester and Christian Lévesque of HEC Montréal examine how unions engage with regional institutions to influence #Digitalization, and worker outcomes. #ILRReview: doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📚 The August 2026 issue of ILR Review is out, with Free online access through Sept. 12! New research on young-worker unionization, Starbucks organizing, transnational care work, labor-market tightness, recession scarring & racial earnings gaps. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/toc/ilra/79/4
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ILR Review - Volume 79, Number 4
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Can minimum wage policy reduce wage inequality? New in ILR Review: Francine D. Blau, Isaac Cohen, Matthew Comey, Lawrence M. Kahn, and Nikolai Boboshko examine four decades of U.S. labor market data. 📖 doi.org/10.1177/0019... #MinimumWage #WageInequality
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
How can #LaborGovernance build worker power—not just rules on paper? New #ILRReview research by Mark Anner (Rutgers) and Diego Bautista Páez (El Colegio Mexiquense) examines workers in Honduras and Mexico and how enforcement can strengthen #CollectiveBargaining. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Why do we tip, and how much? Service quality explains only 5% of variation in tip amounts. What explains the rest? Michael C. Sturman of Rutgets University School of Management and Labor Relations reviews Michael Lynn’s The Psychology of Tipping. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📚 Read Dongwoo Park's review of Abe Walker’s Reassembling the UAW, which shows how bottom-up #organizing and union democracy helped #UAW turn two Chattanooga defeats into a 73% victory. doi.org/10.1177/0019.... Dr. Park is a postdoc at Colombia University.
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New in ILR Review: Colin F. Mang & Amar Anwar’s meta-analysis of 82 studies (3,574 estimates) finds working from home #WFH has a small positive effect on #EmployeeProductivity, varying by hybrid/remote status, worker group & region. doi.org/10.1177/0019... #RemoteWork
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
New research published in our current issue by Mario Bossler and Martin Popp shows that #labor #market tightness signaled by high #hiring costs reduces demand for new hires in organizations as well as overall #employment. doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
📢New research by Adrianto Adrianto, Avner Ben-Ner, Jason Sockin @cornellilr.bsky.social and Ainhoa Urtasun shows that #employee ownership of their companies along with culture and work-life balance improves #job satisfaction. doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
📚Read Heather Connolly's review of the edited volume @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social by Andy Hodder and Miguel Martínez Lucio that shows how specialist representation is a reflection of wider transformations in the politics of #work and #employment. doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New research by Shailee Manandhar and Douglas Kruse @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social along with Roisin O’Neill #StocktonUniversity shows that #unemployment #insurance plays an important role in maintaining the health and #job readiness of #workers with #disabilities. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
How do global #union officials work? Huw Thomas @ucddublin.bsky.social and Peter Turnbull @bristoluni.bsky.social identify four distinct but interacting roles—#activist, #bureaucrat, #diplomat, and technocrat—that officials exercise with different stakeholders. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
New research by Alex Kowalski @cornellilr.bsky.social and coauthors shows that #job quality and #worker well-being are lower in #warehouses engaged in #ecommerce and are most pronounced at #Amazon’s warehouses, which emphasize speedy delivery. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
How does #intersectional organizing work? Drawing on interviews with @sbworkersunited.org, Johnnie Kallas #UIUC finds that #workers leveraged management’s virtue signaling, #progressive brand image and their lived experiences to access rights. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Does participation in #surveys affect #labor #market outcomes? New research by Gesine Stephan #FAU_Germany and coauthors show that on average, survey participation had no effect on labor market outcomes during the year after signing up. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Why do we see gendered differences in reservation #wages? Gokce Basbug @DUBusSchool and Roberto M. Fernandez @MITSloan show that #women and #men search for different #occupations, with women opting for jobs with less working hours. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
What does it take to ensure #minimum #wage compliance from the #employers? New research by @annastansbury.bsky.social @mitsloan.bsky.social shows that improved #enforcement and expected #penalties both matter for firms to comply. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
#Employers prioritize specific types of #work #visa. Ben Rissing @cornellilr.bsky.social and Laura Carver @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social show how #immigrant human capital, employers’ past filing experience, and its relative dissimilarity to the present one matter. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A new study of the 2019 #UAW #GM #strike by Maite Tapia @michiganstateu.bsky.social and coauthors shows how member satisfaction, local context, and even “invisible divides” like transfer worker shares can shape whether #workers back #leadership’s #strategy. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Fascinating study by Ilpo Kauppinen #VATTresearch and Panu Poutvaara #TU_Muenchen on who leaves #Finland. #Emigrants are higher #educated, higher #earning and in top #jobs. #Swedish speaking Finns are far more likely to head to other #Nordic countries. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#Mexican #Americans were often recorded as “white” in the 1930 Census, masking their true numbers and socioeconomic progress. New research by Brian Duncan #CUDenver and Stephen Trejo #UTAustin shows how different local environments supported integration. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Turns out the 4‑day #workweek isn’t a fringe experiment, say Daniel Hamermesh @utaustin.bsky.social and Jeff Biddle @notredame.bsky.social. It has tripled since 1973, adding 7M #US workers. #Workers’ preferences, not #industry changes, are reshaping the week. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
@davidautor.bsky.social @mit.edu and coauthors show that #immigration played only a small role in helping #US regions adjust to #China shock in #manufacturing. Immigrants were not positioned in the #industries that collapsed, so their #mobility offered limited relief. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
@jimbostanford.bsky.social @cntrfuturework-cda.bsky.social reviews the new book @brisunipress.bsky.social by Bradon Ellem & coauthors that distills 120 years of policy evolution into an accessible primer on how #Australia regulates #work & where reform may head next. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
New research by Carlotta Rigotti and coauthors examines the #EU’s #AI Act and shows how risk‑based rules and #rights impact assessments. They also demonstrate how real #stakeholder involvement can turn #compliance into true #accountability. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The 2021–24 #union uptick was led by #young #workers. @ericblanc.bsky.social @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social shows how #organizing youth‑heavy industries, bottom‑up #campaigns, #digital tools, militant #minority #leadership, and the spread of worker‑to‑worker action helped. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
🆕Read Lucia Amorosi's #scuolanormale review of @emmaamador.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social new book @dukepress.bsky.social that spotlights #PuertoRican #women whose #socialwork #activism reshaped struggles for #justice. Vivid #biographies make this #history feel urgent today. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚨Just out: Mario Bossler and Martin Popp find that higher #labor #market tightness reduced #employment by 5%, weakened #wage responsiveness and pushed #hiring costs up in #Germany. Big implications for how we think about labor demand. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
How does the #EU’s triadic brokering system shape the lives of mobile #care #workers? Kamil Matuszczyk and coauthors use the case of #Polish #caregivers in #Germany to show that the more hours they #work, the less they #earn. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
New research by Garrett Anstreicher #UNLincoln and Lois Miller #UoSC shows that the biggest long‑term losses during the #greatrecession were concentrated among #grads from good #colleges, a reminder that even elite pathways aren’t recession proof. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Explore Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld's review of the new book by Russell Lansbury and Marian Baird that uses evidence from #Australia and #Sweden to argue for #socialsecurity, #health & #community for #retirees. Essential reading for the future of work. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Revisiting the Hamermesh, Genadek, and Burda study (2021), William A. Darity, Jr. @duke-university.bsky.social and coauthors' rejoinder to their original critique defend the decomposition tools that show how time‑use differences do not drive #racial #earnings gaps . doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🚨New: Read Stephen Frenkel's review of Anna-Lena Wolf's #unibern new book #ILRpress that uses an #ethnographic lens to show how tea #plantation #workers, #managers and companies think about justice and transgression in the global supply chain. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🚨Out now: Read Ayaj Rana's @cornellilr.bsky.social review of the new book @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social by James Muldoon, Mark Graham, and Callum Cant @universityofessex.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk that exposes the global, precarious #workforce behind today’s #AI systems. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New research by Sazid Ahmad, Chunyun Li and Sarah Ashwin @lseblogs.bsky.social news shows that #supervisors' respectful treatment of #garment #workers significantly reduces their #turnover intentions & the effect is stronger when worker participation committees are in place. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🚨 Our March 2026 issue is out now. 🔎Dive into new research, bold ideas, and great reads. 🗓️ Free online access of all articles and book reviews till March 18th! journals-sagepub-com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/toc/ilr/curr...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🚨Just out! New research by @sassermodestino.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social and coauthors shows rapid educational upskilling within #occupations, driven by #software #skills, left non‑college #workers behind during the Great Recession of 2008. doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🚨 Our January issue is out now. 🔍Dive into fresh research, bold ideas, and great reads. 🆓All articles and book reviews are free online until February 15. journals-sagepub-com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/toc/ILR/curr...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🚨Out now! @mattbeane.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social shows how centuries of human skill‑building shape what AI can (and can’t) do for us in his new book @harpercollins.bsky.social. A sharp timely take on the future of work.
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Read Stefan Ivanovski's @cornellilr.bsky.social review of @behrend.bsky.social new book that conveys a refreshingly pragmatic message to let #AI handle the speed and scale, and let people do what only people can. doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This study on remote #work is such a fascinating little reality check. After surveying over 10,000 workers and 1,500 employers in Poland, Piotr Lewandowski, Katarzyna Lipowska and Mateusz Smoter, all from from Institute for Structural Research, find that #hybrid beats fully #remote.
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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🚨 Final call - the deadline January 31, 2026. 🗓️Call for Papers for A Special Issue on Organizational Perspectives on an Aging Workforce 💻Edited by Peter Berg, @ProfMarianBaird, Matthew Piszczek & Nate Zettna
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