Conferences
60th Anniversary
The event attracted over 100 attendees, and it was held in the beautifully renovated IRLE Library Commons, which was dedicated in September 2006. IRLE Director Michael Reich was pleased with the turnout, but surprised, given the content of the day’s offerings. “California’s economy has grown dramatically since IRLE’s formation in 1945, he said. “Our industrial
New Labor Market Institutions and the Public Policy Response: A Symposium to Honor Lloyd Ulman
Political Economy and Labor Market Institutions Chair: Barry Eichengreen, Economics Department, UC Berkeley Discussant: Peter Rappoport Sanford Jacoby, Anderson School of Management, UCLA, “Finance and Labor: Perspectives on Risk, Inequality, and Democracy” Frank Levy, Economics Department, MIT, “Institutions and Wages in Post-World War II America” David Soskice, Duke University and Oxford University, “American Exceptionalism and
New Deal or No Deal? The Age of Obama and the Lessons of the 1930’s
Program The Present Crisis (listen) Financial Bloat— Neil Fligstein, Sociology, UC Berkeley Housing Bubble & Bust— John Quigley, Economics & Public Policy, Berkeley The Woeful Economy— Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer, New York Financialization & Reform— Rob Johnson, Senior Fellow and Director of the Global Finance project, Roosevelt Institute Learning from the New Deal Putting
What Future for Jobs and Manufacturing
IRLE hosted an invitation-only conference that focused on the many aspects of manufacturing employment both within the United States and abroad. The event was co-sponsored by the Global Metropolitan Studies Center. Conference Summary (PDF) Program The State of Manufacturing (video) Morning Session — Gerhard Bosch, Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation, Germany David Dornfeld, UC Berkeley Rob
Are Fair Wages Common Sense: Exploring Corporate Living Wage Programs
Paul Rice, CEO of Fair Trade USA Roger McElrath, Associate Director of BSR Jeff Denby, Co-Founder and CCO of PACT Moderator: Robert Strand, CRB Executive Director Co-sponsored with the Center for Responsible Business H&M has implemented a plan with a stated goal to achieve a “fair living wage” for 850,000 textile works by 2018. IKEA
Reducing Inequality in a Sustainable World
Keynote Speaker: Sivan Kartha, Stockholm Environment Institute Co-sponsored with the UC Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development As the global movement for sustainability is gaining steam, inequality continues growing rapidly. How can we slow inequality and poverty while increasing the sustainability of our living patterns and economies? This conference brings together economists, sociologists, ecologists,
Conference on the Causes of Wage Stagnation
On August 26, 2016 the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) at UC Berkeley and the Washington Center for Equitable Growth brought together a small group of the nation's leading labor economists to dig deep into the causes of stagnating wages. This conference, held in Berkeley, was the first part of a response
Spring 2017 Visitors Workshop
IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesEach year, IRLE hosts visiting scholars and visiting student researchers who come to Berkeley from all over the world to work on projects related to labor and employment. At this workshop, visitors will present research at various stages and receive feedback from their peers and the wider community. Light refreshments will be provided. If you
The 2006 Immigration Protests: A Decade Later
IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThis mini-conference will evaluate the legacies of the 2006 marches and the current immigrant rights movement in the United States: its organization, its impact on public discourse, electoral politics and public opinion, and its ability to effectively frame the claims of non-citizens to further the goals of the immigrant rights movement. The participants will take
Breaking the Cycle: Improving Outcomes for California’s High Need, High Cost Population
The David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesA slim slice of California’s citizens use the majority of government services. At hospitals, jails, and homeless shelters across the state, we see familiar faces again and again. Many of these people suffer from mental health, substance abuse, or persistent health conditions. Are we serving their needs effectively, efficiently, and equitably? Several cities and counties
CWED: Celebrating a Decade of Minimum Wage Research
IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesTo mark the 10th Anniversary of the creation of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics (CWED), IRLE and CWED are organizing a one-day symposium, CWED: Celebrating a Decade of Minimum Wage Research. The symposium, scheduled for Friday, December 8, 2017, will chronicle CWED’s beginnings; highlight its most influential employment impact studies and its prospective
Workshop: Employment Issues in Agriculture
IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThis event is made possible by funding from the Berkeley Food Institute,the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, the UC Berkeley School of Law, the UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Department, the UC Berkeley Sociology Department, and the UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.Please register to secure your spot. Register Program 12:30 pm Registration 1
From Braceros to H2-As: Discussing the History, Present, and Future of Agricultural Guestworker Programs
National Steinbeck Center 1 Main St, Salinas, CaliforniaIn partnership with UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment and the Center for Latino Policy Research, the National Steinbeck Center is proud to present “From Braceros to H-2A’s: Discussing the History, Present, and Future of Agricultural Guest Worker Programs in California” as part of our Ag Forum series. The program will take
Labor in the Climate Transition: Charting the Roadmap for 2019 and Beyond
The David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe UC Berkeley Labor Center is hosting a conference on September 12, 2018, at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley, immediately prior to the start of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. Reason for conference: California and the world must take major steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect our
Graduate Student Summit For Diversity in Economics
The David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesRegistration The field of economics touches upon all aspects of life- from an individual's consumption choice to global trends spanning countries. And yet, the economists who constitute this social science are not representative of the very society they study. This lack of diversity in the economics profession, relative to a diverse society, points
Inequality in Life and Death: Policy and Prospect
Banatao Auditorium, UC BerkeleyInequality has become a central focus of policy discussions, but inequality has multiple dimensions and correspondingly many potential policy interventions. This mini-conference will consider inequality from this broad perspective, with presentations by international experts on the Berkeley faculty and a keynote by Peter Orszag, Vice Chairman of Investment Banking and Global Co-Head of Healthcare at Lazard,
[CANCELLED] Exclusion and Extraction: A Symposium on Criminal Justice Contact and Labor Reallocation
IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThis event has been cancelled. Featuring legal scholars, social scientists, justice reform leaders, and others, this symposium will highlight emerging research on the role of the penal state in shaping the flow of individuals into and out of the labor market. Panels will examine how the state excludes justice-involved individuals from labor market opportunities, while