The Work Goes On: An Oral History of Industrial Relations and Labor Economics with Princeton’s Orley Ashenfelter
By Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University
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William B. Gould IV on chairing the NLRB & honoring his great-grandfather, a black Civil War sailor
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May 12, 2025 |
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Michael Moskow on his path from Paterson, NJ to “…one of the best jobs you can have in Washington”
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Gavin Wright on the Civil Rights Revolution through the eyes of an economic historian
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Heidi Hartmann on equal pay, family leave, and gender equity in the field of Economics
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Michael Reich on how political polarization has impacted debate on the minimum wage
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Harry Katz on his push for a more cooperative environment in labor-management relationships
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Henry Farber on his path from Teamster to one of the preeminent researchers of labor economics
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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George Borjas on his journey from Cuba to Harvard and his work on the “hot” topic of immigration
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Robert Moffitt on his “rewarding” career integrating economics, sociology and public policy
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Samuel Bowles on his deep interest in the causes of inequality & his work to transform economics
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Marjorie McElroy on a long academic career and navigating the economics profession as a woman
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Orley Ashenfelter on the “irresistible” pull of policy evaluation & why the IR Section is so special
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Ernst Stromsdorfer on studying vocational training in academia, government, and the private sector
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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David Lewin on employee voice in a capitalist economy and the re-emergence of unionization
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May 06, 2024 |
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Robert Michael on collecting specialized data to inform public policy
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Barry Chiswick on immigration, the American Jewish experience, and how to measure discrimination
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Robert Flanagan on boosting union membership and why orchestras struggle financially
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Bob Gregory on how polio changed his life–and inspired him as a student
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Stephen Nickell on his journey from math teacher to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Robert Willis on jumping ship from trade to study fertility and demographics
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Robert Pollak on the “two career problem” and modeling the economics of the family
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Bruno Contini on life under Mussolini and the Italian labor market today
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Myra Strober on women, work, and feminist economics
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Ray Marshall on his path from an orphanage in Mississippi to U.S. Secretary of Labor
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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W. Craig Riddell on his Path from the Canadian Navy to Labor Economics
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Thomas Kochan on the United Auto Workers strike and the need for a new social contract at work
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Bob Hall on his role in the Brookings Papers, the NBER Business Cycle Dating committee, and more
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Michael Piore on internal labor markets, immigration, innovation, and more
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn on labor market inequalities and the future of the gender wage gap
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May 30, 2023 |
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John Pencavel on growing up in London’s West End and his sympathy for workers and unions
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May 15, 2023 |
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Reuben Gronau on his many contributions to Israeli economic policy
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May 01, 2023 |
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James Heckman on his early academic career and the work that makes him proud
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Daniel Hamermesh on the overhyped four-day work week and a lifetime of labor economics research
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Frank Stafford on the origins of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Robert Solow on growing up in Brooklyn, fighting Nazis, and everything that came after
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Richard Freeman on the state of unions in the U.S., why few Americans pursue STEM degrees, and more.
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Robert McKersie on his lifelong study of labor negotiations and the state of unions today
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Claudia Goldin on her journey from the Bronx to Harvard–with groundbreaking research in between
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Richard Layard on his life in public service and his pioneering research on happiness
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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Labor Economics and the Economics of Higher Education: A Conversation with Ronald Ehrenberg
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Gender Differences in Worker Pay: A Conversation with Ronald Oaxaca
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Dec 05, 2022 |