The Institute for Compensation Studies™ (ICS) at Cornell University’s ILR School is an interdisciplinary center that researches, teaches and communicates about monetary and non-monetary rewards from work, and how these rewards influence outcomes for individuals, companies, industries, and economies.
Recent Publications in Compensation Studies
Groshen Named Statistical Advocate of the Year
For her transformative role in conveying the importance of high-quality federal statistics to legislators, journalists and the public, Erica Groshen, senior economics advisor, has been named the 2026 recipient of the Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate of the Year Award, presented by the American Statistical Association.
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.
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
Strategic Compensation and Talent Management gets to the heart of what compensation is really about: attracting, retaining, and motivating the people who accomplish an organization's goals.
One of eight volumes in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores issues facing people with disabilities in employment and the work environment.
A volume of collected papers that contains extensive research on progress made by women in the labor market, and the characteristics and causes of remaining gender inequalities.
