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Senior Research Specialist Kaan Cankat wins the Princeton Writes Prize
July 12, 2021

The research support staff of the Industrial Relations Section embody much more than just dexterity with data.

Princeton symposium provides new opportunities for young economists
May 27, 2021

The first Northeast Labor Symposium for Early Career Economists (NLS-E), hosted virtually this spring, was a great success.  Organized by Indu

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Boustan delivers two keynote lecture during spring 2021
May 11, 2021

Leah Boustan, professor of Economics, delivered two keynote lectures this spring:

COVID table tent: "Maximum table capacity-3 people"
JIM-supporting junior faculty, especially during COVID
March 9, 2021

Scholars visiting the Section establish a means for building community and support among junior faculty and postdoctoral researchers during the pandemic.

Craig Olson, a leading Industrial Relations scholar, passed away on February 18, 2019.
Feb. 26, 2019
Will Dobbie has been named a 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship
Feb. 19, 2019
Professor Christopher Neilson - "Profs Tapped To Fix School-Choice Lottery"
Jan. 11, 2019
Professor Orley C. Ashenfelter, speaker at 2018 Keynes Lecture at the British Academy
Jan. 10, 2019
Professor Leah Boustan uses big data to explore myths about the past
Jan. 7, 2019
Job Openings
Jan. 7, 2019
Chicago Booth’s Eugene Fama Prize Awarded to Joshua Angrist, and Jörn-Steffen Pischke
Dec. 21, 2018
Professor Leah Boustan’s Book Wins Two Awards
Dec. 4, 2018
Princeton economists Farber and Kuziemko find that unions had historical role in helping address income inequality.
Oct. 10, 2018
Ashenfelter’s and Krueger’s Working Paper Instrumental in Ending No-Poach Agreements at Restaurant Chains
Sept. 14, 2018
Corporate America Is Suppressing Wages for Many Workers
March 6, 2018
A conference honoring Professor Ronald G. Ehrenberg was held June 3-4 at the ILR Conference Center.
Feb. 19, 2018
We are pleased to announce that Leah Platt Boustan will join the faculty as Professor of Economics and Faculty Associate in the Industrial Relations Section.
March 27, 2017
We are delighted to welcome Provost David Lee back to the Industrial Relation Section as he returns to full-time teaching and research in July 2017 after serving since 2013 as the University's second-ranking officer.
Jan. 30, 2017
Alan Krueger Named 2017 Moynihan Prize Recipient
Oct. 17, 2016
Neel Sukhatme, IR Section alumnus, was interviewed on Germany’s “Tagesschau” regarding the Trump Administration's recent executive order on Dodd-Frank.
Oct. 14, 2016
Job Openings
Sept. 27, 2016
Equitable Growth in Conversation: An Interview with David Card and Alan Krueger
May 3, 2016
Richard A. Lester *36 Fellowship for Industrial Relations has been awarded to Daniel Herbst and Jakob Schlockermann for the academic year 2016-2017
May 3, 2016
"Efficiencies Brewed: Pricing and Consolidation in the U.S. Beer Industry" by Orley Ashenfelter, Daniel Hosken, and Matthew Weinberg wins American Bar Association award
Jan. 27, 2016