How does #state change its role in industrial relations? Using France as the case, Bruno Amable #PSE argues that the Right reformed labor law whereas the Left relied on decentralized bargaining with the social partners. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How does #austerity impact #gender equality? Jill Rubery #ManchesterUniversity shows that women face cuts in #employment opportunities in high skilled and low skilled #jobs as well as decline in publicly funded care facilities as a result of austerity measures. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Is #credit status a good signal of #worker #productivity? Andrew Weaver #MIT shows that the character-related portion of credit status is not a significant predictor of worker productivity. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Where do workers shift when they lose their jobs to #automation? Giuseppe Di Giacomo and Benjamin Lerch #USI_university show that show that 8% of workers enroll in college, about 10% claim disability benefits, and nearly 40% retire early. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

🚨The deadline for abstract submissions to the Harry Katz conference & special issue is coming up on October 1. 📚Guest Editors: @ilralex.bsky.social, Ariel Avgar and Danielle van Jaarsveld 📅Conference: @cornellilr.bsky.social April 11–12, 2026 🗒️For more 👉: shorturl.at/ER2XK

Do employers prefer #RemoteJobs? Piotr Lewandowski and coauthors #IBSWarsaw how that only employers with positive views on remote work productivity and high-quality talent management value remote work in the same way workers do. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How does increased worker #voice benefit #wages? Dylan Nelson @uofillinois.bsky.social and @natewilmers.bsky.social @mitsloan.bsky.social show that worker voice pays earnings premium that is attributable to increased #productivity and greater worker bargaining #power. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Read Francis Kuriakose's review of Max Papadantonakis' #CSUMB new book published by @templeunivpress.bsky.social that demonstrates how highly #skilled tech developers face #precarity due to systemic #inequities and #technological change in the #USA. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Explore Xinming Deng's (@michiganstateu.bsky.social) review of Ya-Wen Lei's new book @princetonupress.bsky.social that examines China's digital development and #automation in a labor intensive context. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

What is the impact of holding multiple #jobs for a long time? Johanna Muffert and Regina T. Riphahn @fau.de show that beneficial long-term effects are largest for disadvantaged groups such as #women, those with low #earnings or low #education. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Read Anh Dao Truc Lam's #LERIllinois book review of @ericblanc.bsky.social's #RutgersUniversity new book @ucpress.bsky.social that argues how worker-to-worker #unionism led to a resurgence of the labor movement in the United States in recent times. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How do #earning differences between organizations affect the provision of employer-led #training? Christian Pfeifer @leuphana.bsky.social shows that firms with larger intra-firm #wage compression are more likely to cover all direct and indirect training #costs. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

What is the state of employer-paid #training in the US? Jeffrey Waddoups @unlv.edu shows that there is a 28% decline in the incidence of training between 2001-2009 and the pattern was evident across occupation, education, age, job-tenure, and demographic groups. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

🏆Congratulations to Manuel Rosaldo @pennstateuniv.bsky.social for winning The Distinguished Scholarly Article Award 2025 presented by the @asanews.bsky.social Section on #Labor and Labor Movements!

Is transnational regulation effective? Matthew Amengual @ox.ac.uk and Laura Chirot #MIT show that transnational initiatives are effective when #unions mobilize to activate state institutions and transnational regulators resolve ambiguities. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How is US unemployment rates related to #immigration work authorization outcomes? Ben Rissing @cornellilr.bsky.social and Emilio Castilla #MITSloan show that immigration approvals are less likely when unemployment is high only when such evaluations are audited. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How do employer control practices lead to worker #resistance? Using the Chinese case, Yuequan Guois @wzb.bsky.social shows that contradictory work control practices create the basis, grievance, and mentality for workers’ acts of resistance. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

🚨Our August issue of the ILR Review is now published with free online access until August 24. This issue covers policy-relevant topics from #workersafety and #hiring #discrimination to #childcare, #education, and #training policy. Read the issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ilra/78/4

How does #nightwork impact workers' health? Andrey Shevchuk and coauthors @georgemasonu.bsky.social show that working at night has adverse effects on work–life balance, life satisfaction, and emotional exhaustion. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How is #remotework perceived by employers? Piotr Lewandowski and coauthors #ibswarsawshow that only 25–35% of employers value remote work costs in line with workers’ valuations of benefits, particularly in non-routine cognitive occupations. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Read Paul Adler's @usc.edu review of Michael McCarthy's #UCSC new book @versobooks.bsky.social that argues how #democratic financial institutions are the way to include historically marginalized groups and strengthen working class power. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

📢ILR Review invites proposals for thematic special issues. 🗓️Deadlines: October 15, 2025, and April 15, 2026 📁Please include details of guest editors, a 2-page call for proposal and a planned timeline. shorturl.at/usQ8w

Why do some labor #protests sustain against all odds? Using the Chinese Walmart case, Chunyun Li @lseblogs.bsky.social & Mingwei Liu @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social explain how the strategic capacity of workplace representatives and external labor activists matter. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Read David C. Jacobs #AmericanUniversity review of Charles Whalen's @levyecon.bsky.social new edited volume @elgarpublishing.bsky.social that examines the social conditions that promote human flourishing amidst growing economic, ecological, and societal #precarity. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How do #fairwork ordinances work out for employees? Using Oregon as a case, Anja Gruber #universityofwyoming shows increased employment and hours worked for men and decreased employment and hours worked for women. doi.org/10.1177/0019... Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash

Does additional #schooling impact income? Harry Krashinsky @utoronto.ca and Philip DeCicca @ballstate.bsky.social show that additional compulsory schooling increases education and earnings, but only in states with strong schooling choices. doi.org/10.1177/0019... Photo by note thanun on Unsplash

How does the Child and Dependent Care Credit (CDCC) Program fare? Gabrielle Pepin @upjohninstitute.bsky.social shows that that #CDCC benefits increase labor supply among married mothers, who may experience long-run earnings gains. doi.org/10.1177/0019... Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Read Deepa Kylasam Iyer's (@cornellilr.bsky.social) review of Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher's #CPA new book that argues why the state has to actively craft the industrial policy for the #USA to create good #jobs and a prosperous economy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

How does the labor market for #Uber drivers look like? Jonathan V. Hall and Alan Krueger @princetonecon.bsky.social show that Uber drivers are more similar in their age and education to the general workforce than to taxi drivers and tend to have multiple jobs. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Read Mark Strolle's book review of Alan Reuther's @uaw.org new book #msupress @michiganstateu.bsky.social that maps Roy Reuther’s central involvement in the #CivilRights struggle, support for striking farmworkers, and efforts to expand voting in elections. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Read Quinn Roberts O’Mahar's @ulsteruni.bsky.social review of @erikmbaker.bsky.social's new book from harvardpress.bsky.social that chronicles how the meaning of #work changed in the US that expected workers to create opportunities for themselves. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How can we improve corporate #governance in environmental issues? Julia Bartosch #RadboudUniversity and coauthors #FAUGermany #FUBerlin argue that employee voice through labor representatives at the company level is important. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

What do #performance appraisals do? Peter Cappelli @whartonschool.bsky.social and Martin J. Conyon @lancasteruni.bsky.social show that performance review influences employee bonuses, merit pay, employee promotions, and their decisions to exit the workplace. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How does #training impact #innovation? Benoit Dostie #HECMontreal shows that more training leads to more product and process innovation, but this impact fades over time. doi.org/10.1177/0019... Photo by Matt Ridley on Unsplash

How did California’s #disability law that extended coverage to less severe disabilities fair? Patrick Button @tulanesla.bsky.social shows that the law increased employment opportunities with the effect persisting up to six years later. doi.org/10.1177/0019... Photo by Waldemar on Unsplash

How does #conflict in employment relationship impact bargaining outcomes? Bradley Weinberg #queensuniversity shows that early conflict increases the likelihood of dissolution throughout the entire relationship displaying a "hangover" effect. doi.org/10.1177/0019... Photo by Tamara Gak on Unsplash

Do our #socialnetworks help us get a job? Deepti Goel @pitzercollege.bsky.social and Kevin Lang #bueconomics show that the presence of a close tie increases the likelihood of generating a job offer from the social network. doi.org/10.1177/0019... Photo by Eric Prouzet on Unsplash

The #Canadian case shows that the inherent constraints of seasonal agricultural program leads to a form of institutionalized #deportability and premature repatriation among #migrant #agricultural #workers, argues Leah Vosko @yorkuniversity.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Do field experiments on housing and labor market overstate #discrimination against minorities? David Neumark @ucirvine.bsky.social and Judith Rich #portsmouthuniversity show that experiments robustly assess housing market discrimination while overstating labor market cases. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Do multinational companies comply with local employment laws? Dionne Pohler @usask.bsky.social and Chris Riddell @uwaterloo.ca suggest that #unions are a very robust predictor of compliance across all foreign MNCs. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How do firms calculate how much they earn on their #assets through defined benefit plans? Turns out the interests of employees, shareholders and the CEO affect whether managers expect to earn more from these assets, shows Adam Cobb #McCombsSchoolofBusiness. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How do #noncompetes affect #wages? @evanpstarr.bsky.social ‪shows that if the enforceability of non-competes is tied to the worker receiving additional consideration, then such policies result in higher wages. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How do #bias and behavioral norms based on sex and #sexualorientation play out in the #labor #market? Evaluating résumés, Marina Mileo Gorsuch #stcatherineuniversity show that decision makers' bias harm LGBT men and women, and heterosexual women in the labor market. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How does financial #precarity impair work #performance? Through a two year field intervention, Carrie Leana and coauthors #PittBusiness show that participating in an employee emergency savings program helped the most precarious workers perform better. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Do workers' voice on #socialmedia improve working conditions? Duanyi Yang @cornellilr.bsky.social and Tingting Zhang @uofillinois.bsky.social argue that social media voice failed to drive workplace improvements when workers lacked associational and institutional power. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

📢Call for papers: Organizational Perspectives on an Aging Workforce 💻Guest editors: Peter Berg @michiganstateu.bsky.social; Marian Baird and Nate Zettna @sydney.edu.au; Matthew Piszczek #waynestate 📅Deadline for abstracts: January 31, 2026 shorturl.at/iFB5M

Does professional networks matter for #entrepreneurial success? Sarada @uwmadison.bsky.social and Oana Tocoian @ucsandiego.bsky.social show that networked employees resolve informational asymmetries, increase resource sharing, and bring nonpecuniary gains. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How does occupational licensure impact #entrepreneurship? Using the case of American tax preparers, Kyle W. Albert #gwuniversity and coauthors @jhucarey.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social show that licensure allows entrepreneurs to signal quality & enhance their legitimacy. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How do #LGBT workers fare in American workplaces? Erin Cech and William R. Rothwell @umich.edu show that LGBT employees report worse workplace experiences across 16 measures of employee treatment, workplace #fairness, and #jobsatisfaction. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Are employees stigmatized for using #flexibility policies? Alison Wynn @stanforduniversity.bsky.social and Aliya Hamid Rao @sgsmut.bsky.social show that employees frame oppressive work demands as personal choices and a test of their professional skills. doi.org/10.1177/0019...