ILR Review
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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.
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
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/...
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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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...
📚 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
ILR Review - Volume 79, Number 4
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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
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...
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...
📚 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.
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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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...
📢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...
📚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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
#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...
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...
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...
#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...
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...
@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...
@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...
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...
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...
🆕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...
🚨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...
