Upgrading skills, downgrading women’s work in China

ILR Assistant Professor Yiran Zhang has published a pair of papers exploring the garment supply chain in China – both factory jobs and informal, home-based ones that have sprung up out of need as women try to make money while also serving as “companion mothers” to their school-aged children.

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DisabilityStatistics.org offers visualization and local data

When the revamped DisabilityStatistics.org website launches later this month, it will provide data about disability prevalence and demographics on the national, state, local and legislative-district level…

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Labor Action Tracker: Work stoppages in ’24 fewest since ’21

The number of U.S. work stoppages decreased by 23.8% in 2024, compared to 2023, and the approximate number of workers decreased by 45.5%, according to a report published Feb. 19 by the ILR School and the University of Illinois.

Lack of regulations, oversight in health care IT causes harm

Health information technology systems promised increased efficiency and reduced costs, but new ILR School-led research suggests these benefits have been elusive.

Inclusive Excellence Podcast: Reentry, Work and Resilience

In this episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel are joined by Thomas Jones ’24, who shares his journey from incarceration to higher education and his role as fair employment practice specialist at Cornell.

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The power of focused listening in conflict resolution

The Cornell University Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution's Liz Davis-Frost and Katrina Nobles discuss how focused listening promotes understanding and problem-solving on the Cornell Keynotes podcast.

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‘Structural poverty’ maps could steer help to world’s neediest

A new mapping approach piloted by Cornell researchers could help policymakers identify where people live in extreme poverty and target resources more effectively.

Reframing the gender gap elicits action by women, researchers say

Flipping the way the gender gap in political leadership is described in news coverage – from women are underrepresented to men are overrepresented – can help narrow the gulf, according to researchers led by Usman Liaquat, an ILR School postdoctoral associate. 

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Softened phrasing helps make deals, research reveals

New ILR School research shows that one way to be assertive when bargaining while reducing the chance of a no-deal outcome is to “soften” your speech with linguistic hedges, to speak “politely.” 

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