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The Value of Reliable Statistics

Cornell Senior Economics Advisor, Erica L. Groshen, the former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with coauthors from Stanford and Georgetown, posts a new working paper on the importance of federal statistics for economic policy.
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The Value of Reliable Statistics

U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q1 2026 COMMENTARY

2026 First Quarter Summary: Inflation closes in on compensation cost growth
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U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q1 2026 COMMENTARY

2026 ILR School McPherson Honors and Awards – ICS Recipients

ICS Recipients of the 2026 ILR School McPherson Honors and Awards
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2026 ILR School McPherson Honors and Awards – ICS Recipients

Job Listings With Wide Pay Ranges May Deter Female Applicants

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Pay range transparency laws intended to promote pay equity can inadvertently deter women from applying, thus perpetuating gender gaps in the workforce, according to research from Alice Lee, assistant professor of organizational behavior.
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Job Listings With Wide Pay Ranges May Deter Female Applicants

U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q4 2025 COMMENTARY

2025 Fourth Quarter Summary: Further softening in compensation cost growth, though margin above general inflation widens slightly
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U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q4 2025 COMMENTARY

U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q3 2025 COMMENTARY

2025 Third Quarter Summary: Growth in compensation costs continues downward trend, though still above general inflation
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U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q3 2025 COMMENTARY

“Labor in New York in 2026” Presented in Albany

Experts from the ILR School met with Senator Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Harry B. Bronson, New York State Chairs of the Committee on Labor, to discuss the current state of labor in New York.
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“Labor in New York in 2026” Presented in Albany

U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q2 2025 COMMENTARY

2025 Second Quarter Summary: Workers’ real purchasing power has slightly weakened despite continued wage growth above inflation.
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U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q2 2025 COMMENTARY

U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q1 2025 COMMENTARY

2025 First Quarter Summary: Continue gains in workers’ real purchasing power, while private-sector benefit costs, particularly healthcare, are accelerating faster than wages.
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U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q1 2025 COMMENTARY

U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q4 2024 COMMENTARY

2024 Fourth Quarter Summary: Year-on-year growth of employee compensation softens but remained solidly above consumer inflation.
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U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q4 2024 COMMENTARY

U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q3 2024 COMMENTARY

2024 Third Quarter Summary: Compensation costs continue to rise faster than inflation: good news for workers, especially union workers.
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U.S. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, Q3 2024 COMMENTARY

The implications of pay range transparency on job application preferences and negotiations

Alice Lee, assistant professor of organizational behavior, Tae-Youn Park, director of research at Cornell’s Institute for Compensation Studies, and Sungyong Chang, assistant professor of management and organizations at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management published Feb. 16 in the Journal of Applied Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001360
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The implications of pay range transparency on job application preferences and negotiations

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