Faculty and Research

Technology Is Displacing Workers, But Not The Way You Think

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New research co-authored by Associate Professor Adam Seth Litwin and Sherry M. Tanious ’17 suggests that companies focused on quality, not price, are more likely to use technology to empower workers rather than to replace them with temps. 

Apr 6, 2021

Technology Is Displacing Workers, But Not The Way You Think

New research co-authored by Associate Professor Adam Seth Litwin and Sherry M. Tanious ’17 suggests that companies focused on quality, not price, are more likely to use technology to empower workers rather than to replace them with temps. 

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Higher-Income Individuals Take More COVID-19 Safety Precautions

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Mar 23, 2021
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Higher-Income Individuals Take More COVID-19 Safety Precautions

New research co-authored by ILR Professor Michèle Belot focuses on the role socioeconomics played in individuals’ health-related decisions during the early months of the pandemic.

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Research is a core component of ILR's mission.
Our faculty are social scientists whose research covers a broad range of employment and workplace topics.

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Undergraduate research

Students involved in ILR's many research opportunities develop close relationships with faculty, become authors or coauthors of published articles, and present at conferences and meetings.

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The Catherwood Library

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ILR's library is regarded as the leading resource of its kind on work and employment in North America.

Sep 14, 2018

The Catherwood Library

ILR's library is regarded as the leading resource of its kind on work and employment in North America.

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ILR Review

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publishing original research quarterly by social scientists on all aspects of the employment relationship since 1947.

ILR Review

publishing original research quarterly by social scientists on all aspects of the employment relationship since 1947.

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Centers and Institutes

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Each of ILR's centers and institutes focuses on a particular workplace-related theme and provide an umbrella of support for broad research programs involving ILR faculty.

Sep 14, 2018

Centers and Institutes

Each of ILR's centers and institutes focuses on a particular workplace-related theme and provide an umbrella of support for broad research programs involving ILR faculty.

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