Episodios

  • Marjorie McElroy on a long academic career and navigating the economics profession as a woman

    Marjorie McElroy on a long academic career and navigating the economics profession as a woman
    Sep 23 2024
    Marjorie McElroy, Professor of Economics at Duke University, joins the podcast to discuss her long and varied academic career, her research on the economics of marriage and the family, and, especially, the challenges and gender discrimination she faced as, at the time, one of the few female economists pursuing a traditionally male-dominated profession. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-09/031-TWGO-McElroy_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/marjorie-mcelroy-2024
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    25 m
  • Orley Ashenfelter on the “irresistible” pull of policy evaluation & why the IR Section is so special

    Orley Ashenfelter on the “irresistible” pull of policy evaluation & why the IR Section is so special
    Aug 18 2024
    For the 30th episode of "The Work Goes On", we flipped the script and asked our long-time host Orley Ashenfelter, the Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics, Emeritus at Princeton University and former director of Princeton’s Industrial Relations Section (IR Section), to start answering questions instead of asking them. Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton and one of Orley’s former students, joins us in this episode as a special guest host. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-09/030-TWGO-Ashenfelter_transcript.pdf. For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/orley-ashenfelter-2024
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    31 m
  • Ernst Stromsdorfer on studying vocational training in academia, government, and the private sector

    Ernst Stromsdorfer on studying vocational training in academia, government, and the private sector
    Jun 10 2024
    Ernst Stromsdorfer, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Washington State University, joins the podcast to discuss his impressive body of research on the impact of labor market programs on different groups of people, and his wide-ranging career across academia, the private sector, and state and federal governments. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-06/029-TWGO-Stromsdorfer_transcript3.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/ernst-stromsdorfer-2024
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    23 m
  • David Lewin on employee voice in a capitalist economy and the re-emergence of unionization

    David Lewin on employee voice in a capitalist economy and the re-emergence of unionization
    May 6 2024
    David Lewin, the Neil Jacoby Emeritus Professor of Management and Human Resources at UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management. joins the podcast to discuss what sparked his interest in unions and grievance procedures, the Federal Trade Commission's new plan to ban noncompete agreements, and why unionization will re-emerge in the U.S. south and elsewhere. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/028-TWGO-Lewin_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/david-lewin-2024
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    29 m
  • Robert Michael on collecting specialized data to inform public policy

    Robert Michael on collecting specialized data to inform public policy
    Apr 22 2024
    Robert T. Michael, the Eliakim Hastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, joins the podcast to discuss his path to the University of Chicago, why he loves teaching, and the challenges of collecting vital data on sensitive topics like human sexual behavior. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-04/027-TWGO-Michael_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/robert-michael-2024
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    30 m
  • Barry Chiswick on immigration, the American Jewish experience, and how to measure discrimination

    Barry Chiswick on immigration, the American Jewish experience, and how to measure discrimination
    Apr 1 2024
    Barry Chiswick, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at George Washington University, joins the podcast to discuss his wealth of research on immigration and what he learned studying Jewish Americans in the labor market. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-03/026-TWGO-Chiswick_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/barry-chiswick-2024
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    29 m
  • Robert Flanagan on boosting union membership and why orchestras struggle financially

    Robert Flanagan on boosting union membership and why orchestras struggle financially
    Mar 18 2024
    Robert Flanagan, the Matsushita Professor of International Labor Economics and Policy Analysis Emeritus at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, joins the podcast to discuss what he’s learned both studying and working for unions, how his time in a musician’s union inspired him to research financial difficulties in the performing arts, and more. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-03/025-TWGO-Flanagan_transcript-edit2.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/robert-flanagan-2024
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    24 m
  • Bob Gregory on how polio changed his life–and inspired him as a student

    Bob Gregory on how polio changed his life–and inspired him as a student
    Mar 4 2024
    Bob Gregory, Professor Emeritus at the Research School of Economics at Australian National University, joins the podcast to discuss how getting polio at fourteen years old affected his life trajectory, why he fell in love with economics, and his many contributions as a public servant. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2024-02/024-TWGO-Gregory_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/bob-gregory-2024
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    33 m