ILR Review

For more than 75 years, the ILR Review has been at the forefront of publishing peer-reviewed research on work and employment relations. The Review, published by SAGE Publications, is part of the Cornell University ILR School, which is regarded as the leading academic institution focused on the world of work.

We are dedicated to international and interdisciplinary research that advances new theory, presents novel empirical work, and informs organizational and public policy.

Contact us at:
ILR Review
242 and 244 Ives East Building
ILR School, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3295
ilrr@cornell.edu

Calls for Papers

Announcing a Special Issue on Public, Private, and Social Labor Governance in Global Production (PDF, 221 KB)

Announcing a Special Issue on Industrial Relations, Political Parties, and Political Systems (PDF, 228 KB)

Announcing a Conference and Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work (PDF, 203 KB)

Now accepting submissions for a special series on Novel Technologies at Work (PDF, 139 KB)

Now accepting submissions for a special series on Work, Labor, and Employment Relations in the COVID-19 Era (PDF, 142 KB)

Announcing the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) and ILR Review Best Paper Competition. (PDF, 182 KB)

Now accepting submissions for a special series on Industry and Organization Studies, in partnership with the Industry Studies Association (ISA). (PDF, 206 KB)

Current Issue – Volume 78, Number 1, January 2025

A Special Festschrift Issue

Articles in Honor of George J. Borjas

The Economics of Immigration: A Festschrift in Honor of George J. Borjas
Lawrence F. Katz
Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native- and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock
David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson
Days of Work over a Half Century: The Rise of the Four-Day Workweek
Daniel S. Hamermesh and Jeff E. Biddle
Which Mexicans Are White? Enumerator-Assigned Race in the 1930 Census and the Socioeconomic Integration of Mexican Americans
Brian Duncan and Stephen J. Trejo
Decomposing Migrant Self-Selection: Education, Occupation, and Unobserved Abilities
Ilpo Kauppinen and Panu Poutvaara
 

Articles in Honor of Thomas A. Kochan

Labor, Management, Government, and Labor Markets: A Festschrift in Honor of Thomas A. Kochan
Rosemary Batt, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Ann Frost, and John Paul MacDuffie
A Tale of Two Locals: The Strategic Choice of a Trade Union during the 2019 GM-UAW Strike and Member Satisfaction
Maite Tapia, Christian L. Ibsen, Mark Strolle, Carla Lima Aranzaes, and Philip S. DeOrtentiis
The Need for Speed: The Role of Employers in Immigrant Work Visa Regulatory Prioritization
Ben A. Rissing and Laura Carver
Incentives to Comply with the Minimum Wage in the United States and the United Kingdom
Anna Stansbury
Gendered Job Search: An Analysis of Gender Differences in Reservation Wages and Job Applications
Gokce Basbug and Roberto M. Fernandez
 

A Book Review Forum on Politicising Commodification

Politics and Commodification: Rereading the European Semester
Cornel Ban
Allies against Commodification
Élodie Béthoux
The EU Public Policy Dimension
Martin Rhodes
The “Managerialising” of the European Union
Miguel Martínez Lucio
Politicising Commodification: A Response to Ban, Béthoux, Rhodes, and Martínez Lucio
Roland Erne, Sabina Stan, Darragh Golden, Imre Szabó, and Vincenzo Maccarrone

A Book Review Forum on The Politics of Unpaid Labor

Is It Stigma, or Is It Starvation?
Chris Tilly
Linking Precarious Work to Unpaid Labor
Uma Rani
Unpaid But Essential
Mathew Johnson
Inequality in Precarious Work
Lucy Taksa
What Defines Our Unique Precarity? A Response to the Reviews
Valeria Pulignano