Institute for Research on Labor and Employment

An affiliate of the University of California
Miguel Contreras Labor Program

The Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law (BJELL) presents the 2nd Annual David E. Feller Memorial Labor Law Lecture

On April 2, 2008, Damon Silvers, Associate General Counsel for the AFL-CIO presented a lecture entitled "How a Low Wage Economy with Weak Labor Laws Brought Us the Mortgage Credit Crisis".
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Thursday, January 24, 2008

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New Estimates of Minimum Wage Effects After Correcting for Spatial Heterogeneity and Selectivity

A working paper by Sylvia Allegretto, Arindrajit Dube, and Michael Reich is the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics' most recent research.

IRLE Call for Research Support Applications for 2008-09

Please visit our Research page for more information and to download the Request for Proposals form.

The California Studies Center and IRLE are holding 18th annual CSC conference: Changing Climates: Class, Culture, and Politics in an Era of Global Warming.

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Is There a Shortage of Engineering Talent in the U.S.?

The Center for Work, Technology and Society's most recent working paper is based on research conducted for a forthcoming book, Change Is the Only Constant: How the Chip Industry Deals with Crisis.

New Issue of Industrial Relations

April 2008 - Vol.47 Issue 2

New Labor Market Institutions and the Public Policy Response: A Symposium to Honor Lloyd Ulman

Saturday, October 27, 2007 - IRLE hosted a major symposium to honor Lloyd Ulman's distinguished career. This event attracted leading scholars from around the globe.