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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.

Christopher Neilson and Sloan Foundation logo
Neilson announced as a 2021 Sloan Research Fellow
Feb. 19, 2021

Congratulations to Christopher Neilson on being selected as a 2021 Sloan Foundation Research Fellow.

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Ashenfelter's Minimum Wage Study Profiled on NPR
Feb. 17, 2021

Study by Orley Ashenfelter and Štěpán Jurajda

Headshots of Leah Boustan and Elisa Jácome with cover of American Economic Review
Boustan, Jácome published in AER Feb 2021 issue
Feb. 16, 2021

Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, Elisa Jácome, Santiago Perez publish in Feb 2021 issue of AER.

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
Job Openings
Jan. 7, 2019
Professor Leah Boustan uses big data to explore myths about the past
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
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
Equitable Growth in Conversation: An Interview with David Card and Alan Krueger
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
IR graduate alumnus (GS *71) James Heckman receives the James Madison Medal
Nov. 3, 2015
Job Openings and Visiting Scholar Positions
Oct. 26, 2015