IRLE Reports

 

Wage Theft and Wage Policy

 

Short Hours, Long Hours: Hour Levels and Trends in the Retail Industry in the United States, Canada and Mexico*

Francoise Carre, Chris Tilly

*Upjohn Institute Working Paper. Published by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

   
Work Hours in Retail, Room for Improvement*

Francoise Carre, Chris Tilly

*Upjohn Institute Policy Paper. Published by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

   
Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America's Cities

Annette Bernhardt, Ruth Milkman, Nik Theodore, Douglas Heckathorn, Mirabai Auer, James DeFilippis, Ana Luz González, Victor Narro, Jason Perelshteyn, Diana Polson, Michael Spiller

   
Confronting the Gloves-off Economy: America's Broken Labor Standards and How to Fix Them

Annette Bernhardt, Heather Boushey, Laura Dresser and Chris Tilly, with assistance from Scott Martelle

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Examining the Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses

Carolina Briones, David Fairris, David Runsten and Jessica Goodheart

   
Leaves That Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences with Paid Family Leave in California

Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman

 


State of the Unions

 

State of the Unions Figure 2012

The State of the Unions in 2012: A profile of Union Membership in Los Angeles, California, and the Nation

Julia Tomassetti & Chris Tilly | UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Ben Zipperer | University of Massachusettes, Amherst

 


Worker Profiles

 

Trade Unions, Inequality, and Democracy in the US and Mexico

Chris Tilly

Published by Rethinking Development & Inequality

   

Diversity and Change: Asian American Pacific Islander Workers

Hye Jin Rho, John Schmitt, Nicole Woo, Lucia Lin and Kent Wong

Published by the Center for Economic and Policy Research

   

Revitalizing the Golden State: What Legalization Over Deportation Could Mean to California and Los Angeles County

Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, Marshall Fitz

Released by the Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center. Research sponsored by IRLE mini-grant.

   

Today We March, Tomorrow We Vote: Latino Migrant Civic Engagement in Los Angeles
Gaspar Rivera Salgado, Veronica Wilson
Published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

 


Green Jobs and Construction

 

Green Buildings, Good Jobs, Safe Jobs: Social Justice Pathways to a Sustainable Los Angeles

UCLA Community Scholars Report 2009

 

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Other Reports

 

 

Economic and Production Impacts of the 2009 California Film and Television Tax Credit

Lauren Appelbaum, Chris Tilly, & Juliet Huang