Laysha Ostrow (IRLE Scholar) My research project will seek to reduce disability burden and increase the contribution of people with psychiatric disabilities to the New Economy by developing adaptations in […]
Minor Mora-Salas (IRLE Scholar) My research focuses on the ongoing changes in labor relations and working conditions in the construction sector in Central America due to the proliferation of different precarious […]
Helge Schwiertz (IRLE Scholar) In a world of nation states, migration is often described as a problem. At the same time, the perspectives of those seen as migrants or refugees […]
Xingguo Li (IRLE Scholar) My research project focuses on governments’ role in labor relations and comparative study of labor policy concerning informal workers between China and the United States. Government […]
Feng Dai (IRLE Scholar) My research is to conduct an in-depth and comprehensive survey on the traits, changes and major influencing factors of US local labor market from a historical […]
Chris Tilly, Pamela Izvanáriu Research Partners: Françoise Carré, University of Massachusetts Boston; Peter Evans, University of California Berkeley. IRLE researchers are drawing lessons from case studies in the United States […]
Chris Tilly Research Partners: Francoise Carré, University of Massachusetts, Boston This research project, led by IRLE director Chris Tilly, looks at variations and change in retail job quality in the […]
Chris Tilly, Lauren Appelbaum Research Partners: Headway Project IRLE researchers examined the impact of the California Film and Television Tax Credit on the location of film and V production in […]
Chris Tilly Research Partner: Joshua Bloom, UCLA Department of Sociology This research investigates why and how US unions use in-depth, strategic research to build power, and why and how it […]
