Industrial Relations Section News Today

Workers of the Detention Services Agency will benefit from better rights, conditions, and salaries thanks to the signing of a new collective agreement.  What was formerly a government department

Thirteen Princeton University faculty members were transferred to emeritus status in recent action by the Board of Trustees. 

Panels of experts discuss the housing crisis in America with a focus on how we got here and what can be done. The program will be both in person and virtual. Registration required. Registration is required to attend either in person or on Zoom. Registration for IN-PERSON event closes December 5. Register here. To attend virtually, please join us via Zoom here. The in-person event consists of panel discussions at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. with lunch at noon. At 2 p.m., there will be an opportunity to co...

The labor market's perceived weakness has led to calls for anotherextension of temporary unemployment insurance benefits, but thiswould increase spending by roughly $1 billion per month and isunnecessary given the demonstrated strengthening of the labormarket. Any extension of jobless claims generates exactly the wrongincentives and increases the average duration of unemployment forthose who qualify.

Join us for a book talk with Leah Boustan, professor of economics and director of the Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University. In conversation with Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring newsletter and blog editor and Vox co-founder. Immigration is one of the most fraught, and possibly most misunderstood, topics in American social discourse. But in most cases, the things we believe about immigration are based largely on myth, not facts. In Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigran...

Organized by the Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies and the Industrial Relations Section, this book talk will feature Claudia Goldin, who will discuss her book, "Career & Family: Women's Century-Long Journey toward Equity," the 2021 Richard A. Lester Book Award Winner. The award is presented as part of the annual Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, produced by the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University and Princeton University L...

The two economists were instrumental in changing America’s mind about the minimum wage.

David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens win a Nobel Prize for revolutionizing how economics is done.

David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens win a Nobel Prize for revolutionizing how economics is done.

David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens win a Nobel Prize for revolutionizing how economics is done.