The centrality of the workplace in an increasingly complex world is the primary focus at ILR. With its diverse and distinguished faculty, the school leads the way towards new insights about current and future challenges. Faculty expertise ranges across the workplace-related social science disciplines, including economics, sociology, history, psychology, political science, law, and statistical analysis. Cutting-edge research, excellence in teaching, and commitment to outreach remain ILR's defining characteristics.
Articles & Chapters from 2011
[Review of the Book The Evolution of the Modern Workplace], Alexander Colvin
Articles & Chapters from 2010
[Review of the Book Why the Garden Club Couldn’t Save Youngstown: The Transformation of the Rust Belt], Alexander Colvin
Legal Protection of Workers’ Human Rights: Regulatory Changes and Challenges in the United States, Lance Compa
Review of the book The Chinese Worker After Socialism, Eli D. Friedman
Articles & Chapters from 2009
[Review of the Book What Do Unions Do? A Twenty-Year Perspective], Alexander Colvin
Articles & Chapters from 2008
Articles & Chapters from 2007
[Review of Personnel Economics in Imperfect Labour Markets], Kevin F. Hallock
Manuscripts from 2006
Review of the book Framed: Labor and the Corporate Media, Sally Alvarez
[Review of the book The Mismanagement of Talent: Employability and Jobs in the Knowledge Economy], Bradford S. Bell
[Review of Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation], Kevin F. Hallock
[Review of the Book Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy], Sarosh Kuruvilla and Ariel Avgar
Articles & Chapters from 2005
[Review of the book Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century], George R. Boyer
[Review of the Book Workplace Justice Without Unions], Alexander Colvin
[Review of the Book From Consent to Coercion: The Assault on Trade Union Freedoms], Lance A. Compa
[Review of the book Jobs and Incomes in a Globalizing World], Gary S. Fields
[Review of the book Personnel Economics], Gary S. Fields
[Review of The Twilight of the Old Unionism], Richard W. Hurd
Manuscripts from 2004
Review of the book Building Movement Bridges: The Coalition of Labor Union Women, Sally Alvarez
Articles & Chapters from 2003
[Review of the book Labor Regulation in the Global Economy], Gary S. Fields
Articles & Chapters from 2002
[Review of the book Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850: A Regional Perspective], George R. Boyer
Articles & Chapters from 2001
[Review of the book Forecasting Retirement Needs and Retirement Wealth], Gary S. Fields
Articles & Chapters from 2000
[Review of the book Labour History and the Labour Movement in Britain], George R. Boyer
[Review of the Book Environmental Regulations and Corporate Strategy: A NAFTA Perspective], Lance A. Compa
[Review of the Book Trade Conditions and Labor Rights: U.S. Initiatives, Dominican and Central American Responses], Lance A. Compa
[Review of the book Successes in Anti-Poverty], Gary S. Fields
Articles & Chapters from 1999
[Review of the Book The Trials of Anthony Burns: Freedom and Slavery in Emerson's Boston], Nick Salvatore
Articles & Chapters from 1998
[Review of the Book Advancing Theory in Labour Law and Industrial Relations in a Global Context], Lance A. Compa
[Review of the Book We Can’t Eat Prestige: The Women Who Organized Harvard], Richard W. Hurd
[Review of the Book Meatpackers: An Oral History of Black Packinghouse Workers and Their Struggle for Racial and Economic Equality], Nick Salvatore
Articles & Chapters from 1997
[Review of the Book Success While Others Fail: Social Movement Unionism and the Public Workplace], Alexander Colvin
[Review of the Book Unions and Workplace Change in Canada], Alexander Colvin
Articles & Chapters from 1996
[Review of the book International Labour Standards and Economic Interdependence], Gary S. Fields
[Review of the book Private Pension Policies in Industrialized Countries: A Comparative Analysis], Gary S. Fields
[Review of the Book The CIO, 1935-1955], Nick Salvatore
Articles & Chapters from 1995
[Review of the Book When Strikes Make Sense—And Why: Lessons from Third Republic Coal Miners], Kate Bronfenbrenner
A World Without Work? [Review of the Books The End of Work and The Jobless Future], Lance A. Compa
[Review of the Book William Johnson’s Natchez: The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro], Nick Salvatore
Articles & Chapters from 1994
[Review of the book Growth With Equity], Gary S. Fields
[Review of the Book Icons of Democracy: American Leaders as Heroes, Aristocrats, Dissenters and Democrats], Nick Salvatore
Articles & Chapters from 1993
England’s Two Agricultural Revolutions [Review of the Book Enclosure and the Yeoman: The Agricultural Development of the South Midlands, 1450-1850], George R. Boyer
[Review of the book The Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asia], Gary S. Fields
Articles & Chapters from 1992
[Review of the book Income Distribution in Less Developed Countries], Gary S. Fields
[Review of the book The Distribution and Redistribution of Income: A Mathematical Analysis], Gary S. Fields
[Review of the book Urban Labour Market Structure and Job Access in India: A Study of Coimbatore], Gary S. Fields
In the Jungle of Cities [Review of the Book Harold Washington and the Neighborhoods: Progressive City Reform in Chicago, 1983-1987], Nick Salvatore
[Review of the Book For Democracy, Workers, and God: Labor Song-Poems and Labor Protest, 1865-95], Nick Salvatore
[Review of the Book Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939], Nick Salvatore
Articles & Chapters from 1991
[Review of the book British Unemployment, 1919-1939: A Study in Public Policy], George R. Boyer
Articles & Chapters from 1990
[Review of the book Interwar Unemployment in International Perspective], George R. Boyer
[Review of the book Beneath the Miracle: Labor Subordination in the New Asian Industrialism], Gary S. Fields
[Review of the book Bridging the Gap: Four Newly Industrialising Countries and the Changing International Division of Labour], Gary S. Fields
[Review of the Book Perspectives on American Labor History: The Problems of Synthesis], Nick Salvatore
[Review of the book The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor], Pamela S. Tolbert
Articles & Chapters from 1989
[Review of the Book ”Big Bill” Haywood], Nick Salvatore
Articles & Chapters from 1988
[Review of the book Social Security: A Critique of Radical Proposals], Gary S. Fields
Articles & Chapters from 1987
Youth Employment and Training Programs: A Review, Vernon M. Briggs Jr
[Review of the book Strategy and Organizations: A West Coast Perspective], Pamela S. Tolbert
Articles & Chapters from 1986
[Review of the book The Economics of the Industrial Revolution], George R. Boyer
[Review of the book Resources, Values and Development], Gary S. Fields
[Review of the book Technology Choice and Employment Generation by Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries], Gary S. Fields
[Review of the Book Values and Assumptions in American Labor Law], Nick Salvatore
Articles & Chapters from 1985
[Review of the book British Labour History, 1815-1914], George R. Boyer
[Review of the book The Idea of Poverty: England in the Early Industrial Age], George R. Boyer
Submissions from 1984
Book Review: Steelworkers Rank and File, Mike Hirsch
Book Review: Concessions - and how to beat them, Jack Metzgar
[Review of the book The Shopfloor Politics of New Technology], Pamela S. Tolbert
Articles & Chapters from 1983
[Review of the book The Scottish Poor Law, 1745-1845], George R. Boyer
[Review of the book Retirement Income Opportunities in an Aging America: Income Levels and Adequacy], Gary S. Fields
Articles & Chapters from 1982
Job Blackmail [Review of the book Fear at Work: Job Blackmail, Labor, and the Environment], Lance A. Compa
[Review of the Book Frederick W. Taylor and the Rise of Scientific Management], Nick Salvatore
Articles & Chapters from 1980
[Review of the book Studies of Urban Labour Market Behaviour in Developing Areas], Gary S. Fields
Articles & Chapters from 1974
[Review of the Book Discrimination in Labor Markets], Ronald G. Ehrenberg