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Work Hours in Retail: Room for Improvement
Chris Tilly's picture
Abstract: With full-time jobs, hourly wages are appropriate primary indicators of job quality. However, in sectors where full-time...
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Resolving America's Human Capital Paradox
Thomas A. Kochan's picture
It is widely recognized that human capital is essential to sustaining a competitive economy at high and rising living standards. Yet...
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The State of Communities of Color in the U.S. Economy
Christian E. Weller's picture
  This report shows how communities of color are doing as the economy completes its third year of the recovery. It specifically...
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Job Polarization in the U.S. Labor Market
David H. Autor's picture
From Autor's introduction and summary of his job-polarization research paper: "... since the late 1970s and early 1980s, the rise...
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Obama's Corporate Tax Plan Not the 'Job Killer' Big Business Claims
Eileen Appelbaum's picture
"In February President Obama laid out his framework for reforming corporate taxes. He proposed a substantial cut in the corporate...
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Define 'Welfare State,' Please
Nancy Folbre's picture
"Even those who denounce our “unsustainable welfare state” don’t agree on what it is or how its spending should be...
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Mitchell’s Musings 5-14-12: Quantum Unemployment
Daniel J.B. Mitchell's picture
There continues to be debate over whether current unemployment should be regarded as structural or the result of demand deficiency. Both...
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Professor Haruo Shimada's new book blog
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Haruo Shimada is president of Chiba University of Commerce in Japan. After receiving his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-...
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The Employment Policy Research Network offers research by experts in work, labor and employment policy making.

EPRN began in 2010 to fill a large void present in policy analysis, evaluation and discussion of matters deeply affecting the lives of Americans.

Policymakers and members of the media are invited to pose relevent questions to EPRN Researchers through this web site.

LERA Publications

New Publications

Labor and Employment Law News - April 2012
Labor and the Law: Current News and Informationfrom the LERA Section on Labor and Employment Law (LEL) © 2012 Our 15th YearPublished since 1997 April 2012Labor and Employment Law News The full...
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Perspectives Online Companion - Spring 2012: Number 13
From the Editor LERA Members on the Air and More To encourage positive change and understanding of topics in the labor and employment relations realm, LERA members have participated in radio...
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Perspectives on Work: Vol. 15, 1-2
The summer 2011/winter 2012 issue of Perspectives on Work (Vol. 15, Nos. 1-2) is actually a double policy forum issue including June’s Policy Forum on Future of Public-Sector Unions as...
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2011 LERA Annual Research Volume
Employee Ownership and Shared Capitalism: New Directions in Research  (Price: $2495$23.96   T TEdited by Edward J. Carberry Since the emergence of different experiments with employee...
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Perspectives Online Companion - Spring 2011: Number 12
From the Editor This issue of LERA’s Perspectives on Work Online Companion is the first since LERA’s affiliation with the Employment Policy Research Network (EPRN). The EPRN web site...
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Calendar

Participate with LERA in 2013 ASSA/AEA Annual Meeting
Sunday, January 6, 2013 - 8:00am - Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 12:15pm

"New Economic Realities: Risk, Inequality and Workplace Relations"

The 2013 ASSA/AEA (American Economics Association)  Annual Meeting will be held in San Diego, CA, January 4-6, 2013; LERA will again participate by organizing LERA sessions.

The Program Commitee, chaired by Eileen Appelbaum of the Center for Economic Policy and Research, is Session Proposals (and single paper submission) through February 28, 2012. See the Call for Session Proposals for complete details and to make your submission online.

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"Closing the Deal!"
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 6:00pm
Sheraton Park Hotel, Tiffany Terrace, Anaheim, CA
The Orange County LERA Chapter is announcing their May 23, 2012 dinner meeting.  The topic of the meeting is "Closing the Deal!" - The Key Things That Arbitrators are Looking for in...
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Hear Mark G. Pearce Chair, National Labor Relations Board
Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 11:30am - 1:30pm
Redstone Arsenal Officers; and Civilians" Club, Redstone Arsenal Huntsville t
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IFSAM 2012 World Congress
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 (All day) - Friday, June 29, 2012 (All day)
Limerick, Ireland
The 11th Word Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, "Management Re-imagined", will be held June 26th-29th, 2012, at Kemmy Business School,...
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ILERA 16th World Congress
Monday, July 2, 2012 (All day) - Thursday, July 5, 2012 (All day)
Philadelphia, Pa.
LERA international: LERA and the LERA Philadelphia Chapter are welcoming the 16th World Congress of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association July 2-5 in the city of Brotherly...
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16th ILERA World Congress
Monday, July 2, 2012 - 8:00am - Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:00pm
Philadelphia, PA, USA
16th ILERA (formerly IIRA) World CongressPhiladelphia, USA July 2-5, 2012 We invite you to submit an abstract for consideration as a refereed paper to be presented at the World Congress in...
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OC LERA Labor Law Conference
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 8:00am - 5:00pm
Sheraton Park Hotel, Anaheim, CA
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