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Sage-Gavin Turns to Service, Research

“This is my time to give back with everything I have to offer,” says a Class of 1980 alumna who has supported ILR in many capacities.

Eva Sage-Gavin ’80
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Alumni Stories

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Custodian to National Union Leader: an ILRie’s Journey

An ILR student helped establish the United Auto Workers Local 2300, which now represents Cornell building maintenance and service workers.
Al Davidoff ’80
Custodian to National Union Leader: an ILRie’s Journey

Groat-Alpern 2024 Awards Announced

Two Class of 1988 alumni will receive the ILR School’s highest awards on April 18 in New York City.
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Groat-Alpern 2024 Awards Announced

ILR Alumna Takes on Hollywood Bosses

ILR School alumna Ellen Stutzman ’04 served as chief negotiator for the Writers Guild of America West as it won a new contract that provides pay increases, television series staffing protections, protections against Artificial Intelligence and other improvements for more than 11,000 workers.
Ellen Stutzman. Photo courtesy of J.W. Hendricks.
ILR Alumna Takes on Hollywood Bosses

One Fine Day, Weitzman Found Two Life Passions

The Allan H. Weitzman Professor of Labor and Employment Law is dedicated to Professors Milton Konvitz and Kurt Hanslowe.
Allan Weitzman sitting at a desk
One Fine Day, Weitzman Found Two Life Passions

AI’s Transformative Impact Discussed

AI can help solve workplace challenges, but people remain the decision makers on big issues, Nickle LaMoreaux ‘01 told ILR Dean Alex Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, in their Sept. 7 webinar.
Nickle LaMoreaux
AI’s Transformative Impact Discussed

A Spy, a Seamstress and an ILRie

His ILR education has helped novelist Scott Smith weave historical facts into his books.
Scott Smith speaking to a group of seated people in a library.
A Spy, a Seamstress and an ILRie

ILR Donors Make All the Difference

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Groat-Alpern 2024 Awards Announced

Two Class of 1988 alumni will receive the ILR School’s highest awards on April 18 in New York City.
Groat and Alpern screen
Groat-Alpern 2024 Awards Announced

Bettman ’74 Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Gary Bettman ’74, the longest-tenured commissioner in the history of the four major North American sports leagues, was honored with the Sports Business Journal's 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th annual Sports Business Awards on May 24 in New York City.
Gary Bettman holding a trophy, standing next to John Hamm. Photo courtesy of Marc Bryan-Brown
Bettman ’74 Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

ILRie Leading Hollywood Writers

Ellen Stutzman ’04 is at the center of 11,500 striking screenwriters whose union is picketing Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Universal and Paramount.
Writers Guild members strike in front of NBC
ILRie Leading Hollywood Writers

Events

Labor Economics Workshop: Ludger Woessmann

Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich) Can Patience Account for Subnational Differences in Student Achievement? Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests (with Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, & Pietro Sancassani) Abstract: Decisions to invest in human capital depend on people’s time preferences. We show that differences in patience are closely related to substantial subnational differences in educational achievement, leading to new perspectives on longstanding within-country disparities. We use social-media data – Facebook interests – to construct novel regional measures of patience within Italy and the United States. Patience is strongly positively associated with student achievement in both countries, accounting for two-thirds of the achievement variation across Italian regions and one-third across U.S. states. Results also hold for six other countries with more limited regional achievement data.

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Labor Economics Workshop: Ludger Woessmann

Joint Labor & Econometrics Workshop: Qiwei He

Qiwei He (Cornell) Estimating Matching Games Without Individual-level Data: Multidimensional Sorting in Government Recruitment Abstract: This paper investigates the non-parametric identification of matching games and applies this framework to the analysis of matching mechanism design in government recruitment. The empirical setting is the National Civil Service Exam (NCSE), a primary method for recruiting entry-level government officials in China. The NCSE is a mechanism where each candidate applies to one position and subsequently takes a meritocratic exam determining admission. An econometric challenge arises due to the absence of individual-level data in the NCSE dataset I collect. To overcome this challenge, I build a many-to-one Non-transferable Utility job matching model with two-sided heterogeneity for the labor market. I demonstrate its non-parametric identification using only position-level data, given instrument availability. Applying this framework to the NCSE, I assume that candidates differ in terms of their ability and civic-mindedness, with the latter being undetectable through the exam. After estimating the empirical model, I explore the sorting pattern induced by the NCSE. In the counterfactual analysis, I introduce a strategy-proof mechanism as an alternative. In this mechanism, following the meritocratic exam, each candidate chooses one position with higher-ranked candidates choosing first. Simulations show that candidates with similar types are more likely to be matched with similar jobs under the counterfactual mechanism compared to the NCSE. This is because the exam uncertainty inherent in the NCSE diminishes sorting. Finally, I explore the potential impact of different matching mechanisms on government performance by highlighting the pros and cons of adopting a "first apply, then exam" system (NCSE) or counterfactual mechanism in the context of multi-dimensional sorting, emphasizing the crucial influence of civic-mindedness.

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Joint Labor & Econometrics Workshop: Qiwei He

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