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Commentary on the Employment Cost Index

Quarterly reports that interpret the change in the costs employers face for labor.

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ICS' Compensation Glossary

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Executive Compensation

We are comparing stated versus realized executive pay packages to examine the effectiveness of disclosure and pay-for-performance with academic and practitioner co-investigators. 

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Non-Profit Compensation

We are working to develop a useable dataset on non-profit compensation, which employs over 6% of the workforce and are a rich sector for organizational research. 

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Last Mile Delivery Driver Study

Changing business and employment models in the small package delivery industry are provoking upheaval. We are conducting a pilot study on wages and working conditions in the last-mile delivery labor market in this changing service field.

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Veterinary Medicine

Practitioner-owned vet practices face competition from franchised units and consolidated practice groups. We are conducting a study of wage dynamics in veterinary medicine in partnership with Cornell Vet's Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship.

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Survey of Last Mile Delivery Workers

A research project examining changes occurring in small package to-door delivery.

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Recent News and Publications

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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.
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Groshen Named Statistical Advocate of the Year

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

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