Layaway saps incomes -- saving in a cookie jar is better

Layaway 'is being promoted with a moral shine of being debt-free when, like interest charges, all it does is sap working people's incomes,' says the ILR School's Louis Hyman. (Nov. 17, 2011)

Union's pioneering 'mutual culturalism' subject of ILR talk

At an ILR School talk Nov. 8, Daniel Katz told of parallels between today and the 1930s, when the nation and its labor unions were divided by issues of race and gender equality and immigration. (Nov. 9, 2011)

ILR documentary on disabled youth entering job market has TV premier Oct. 30

'What Works?,' a documentary produced by the ILR School, explains how collaboration between schools, businesses and students with disabilities pays off with jobs for teens. (Oct. 27, 2011)

NSF grant funds ILR research to unlock U.S. Census data

A $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation-Census Research Network will help ILR's Labor Dynamics Institute investigate U.S. census data. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Study: Community workforce agreements expand economic opportunity

Community workforce agreements have expanded job opportunities for returning veterans, women and minorities, according to ILR research. (Oct. 10, 2011)

New Labor Dynamics Institute to shed light on labor market

The ILR School's new Labor Dynamics Institute will create and make accessible new data on the dynamics of labor markets. (Oct. 5, 2011)

ILR's Global Labor Institute: Pipeline could cost more jobs than it creates

A study by ILR's Global Labor Institute finds that a proposed oil pipeline running from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico might kill more jobs than it generates. (Sept. 30, 2011)

Social scientists tackle immigration, from settlement to integration and membership

The Institute for the Social Sciences' three-year theme project, Immigration: Settlement, Integration and Membership, is hosting faculty from across campus to explore immigration from many perspectives. (Sept. 26, 2011)

Study: Entrepreneurship rankings are seriously flawed

A new Cornell study reports that entrepreneurship program rankings are seriously flawed because they ignore the widespread trend toward universitywide entrepreneurship programs. (Sept. 21, 2011)