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Announcing the Recipients of the 2021 Book Awards
Aug. 3, 2022

Two awards for outstanding books published in 2021 in labor economics

Street of Gold
"Streets of Gold" in the media- including NYT data visualization
June 14, 2022

Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success by Ran Abramitsky and Leah Boustan piques interest in the press, academia, and in podcasts.

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Orley Ashenfelter interviewed on Environmental Insights podcast
April 19, 2022

Orley Ashenfelter, Professor of Economics, was interviewed by Robert Stavins, the A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program. Professor Stavins hosts a podcast, Environmental Insights: Conversations on policy and…

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
Alan Krueger delivered the Martin Feldstein Lecture at the National Bureau of Economic Research
July 24, 2015
Announcing an agreement with the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
March 27, 2015
Kevin Hallock, Cornell University, is awarded the Richard A. Lester prize for his book "Pay: Why People Earn What They Earn and What You Can Do Now to Make More".
June 14, 2013
Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley, is awarded the William G. Bowen prize for his book "The New Geography of Jobs".
June 14, 2013
Job Openings: Senior Research Specialist 1
Nov. 16, 2012
Princeton Professor Orley Ashenfelter "What makes fast food wages comparable worldwide"
May 15, 2012
Job Openings: Data Analysts/Research Assistants
Feb. 29, 2012
Levin and Rouse NY Times Op-ed “The True Cost of High School Dropouts”
Jan. 27, 2012
The Industrial Relations Section at Princeton is celebrating its 90th Anniversary this year.
Jan. 27, 2012
Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers interview in The New York Times
Jan. 1, 2012