When a recession hits, whose skills help them weather it?

In ILR Review, David E. Frisvold (University of Iowa) and Sun Hyung Kim (Ohio State) explore how cognitive and social skills shape workers’ outcomes during downturns.

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In a new ILR Review book review, Dean Alex Colvin of Cornell ILR School examines Brendan Ballou’s When Companies Run the Courts and how forced arbitration became embedded in American workplaces.

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What happens to firms’ hiring when workers become harder to find? Mario Bossler & Martin Popp examine how tight labor markets, recruitment costs, and worker reallocation shape firms’ labor demand in Germany.
📖 Labor Demand on a Tight Leash:
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