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U.S. Employment Cost Index, Q3 2024 Commentary

Compensation costs continue to rise faster than inflation: good news for workers, especially union workers
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U.S. Employment Cost Index, Q3 2024 Commentary

Cornell research: small firms may have good reasons to offer better wages

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Smaller firms may offer better pay packages to new employees... under some conditions.
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Cornell research: small firms may have good reasons to offer better wages

The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay After College

Prof Jessi Streib will speak on her new book Friday, September 6 on findings that show career pay equity in some populations that buck assumptions about student resources coming in to college.
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The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay After College

Pay remains stubbornly attuned to gender. What to do?

A look at recent studies and strategies to address a persistent problem in pay.
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Pay remains stubbornly attuned to gender. What to do?

U.S. Employment Cost Index, Q2 2024 Commentary

Q2 2024 analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Release
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U.S. Employment Cost Index, Q2 2024 Commentary

Research Director Park publishes study on turnover after downsizing

New research co-authored by ICS' Tae Youn Park.
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Research Director Park publishes study on turnover after downsizing

Pay dispersion - more evidence of employee focus on fairness

ICS Research Director Park co-authors new pay dispersion research
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Pay dispersion - more evidence of employee focus on fairness

Learn more about our Last Mile Delivery Study

Our last mile delivery project investigates the changes happening in a dynamic essential industry.
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Learn more about our Last Mile Delivery Study

ICS introduces its report on Human Capital in Executive Pay

Our new report examines Human Capital -- is it ready for prime time in compensation design?
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ICS introduces its report on Human Capital in Executive Pay

Students build a club to organize interest in compensation topics on campus

Interested in Compensation? Now there's a club for that.
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Students build a club to organize interest in compensation topics on campus

ICS co-hosts Jake Rosenfeld

Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld made time to speak with ILR students during his visit to Cornell this spring.
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ICS co-hosts Jake Rosenfeld

Paying for Human Capital Performance?

Join our Symposium event for presentation and discussion of Human Capital and compensation
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Paying for Human Capital Performance?