Department of Labor Scholars Program

Since 2012, academic scholars have conducted independent research through the Department of Labor Scholars Program. This grant program supports research that culminates in a final report which summarizes the design, analysis, and findings, and provides a public-use data file, if applicable.

Grantees received up to $50,000 to conduct independent research relevant to DOL policies and programs. Explore the final reports and documentation from each cohort.

Please note, these reports were produced outside of CEO's independent evaluation and research process. See the individual reports for more information on how these products were developed.

Awardee	Project Title	Keywords
Brad Hershbein Economist and Director of Information and Communication Services, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research	Recessions and Local Labor Markets: New Evidence on the Evolution of Economic Activity	Employer Compliance - Wages and Earnings, Employment and Training
Tian Lou Post-doctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University	How do Apprenticeships Benefit Young Workers? An Evaluation of Registered Apprenticeship Programs in Ohio	Apprenticeship
Jesse Rothstein Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Director of Institute for Research on Labor and Employment and of California Policy Lab, University of California, Berkeley	The "Gig Economy" and Independent Contracting: Evidence from California Tax Data	Employer Compliance - Wages and Earnings
Naomi Sugie Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine	Criminal Justice Contact and Employment Trajectories Among Young Adults	Reentry

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Awardee	Project Title	Keywords
Daniel M. Deibler Ph.D. Candidate, Columbia University	Causes and Consequences of Contingent Work in the U.S. Labor Market	Worker Protection, Labor Standards, and Workplace-Related Benefits, Employer Compliance – Wages and Earnings
Beth Redbird Assistant Professor, Sociology, Northwestern University	Islands of Labor: Reservation Labor Markets and American Indian Economic Well-Being	Employment and Training, Employer Compliance – Wages and Earnings
Carrie Shandra Assistant Professor, Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook	Job Characteristics and Job Retention of Young Workers with Disabilities	Disability and Employment
Wei-hsin Yu Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park	Falling In and Getting Out of Unemployment: Do Gender, Racial, and Class Differences Vary by Local Economy?	Unemployment Insurance, Employment and Training

Awardee	Project Title	Keywords
Lawrence W. Gross Associate Professor and San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Endowed Chair of Native American Studies, Race, and Ethnic Studies Program, University of Redlands, Redlands, California	How Badly Are Native Americans Affected by Economic Recessions? The Role of Agriculture	Employment and Training
Johannes Schmieder Assistant Professor, Economics, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts	The Effects of Domestic Outsourcing of Labor Services on Job Quality, Workplace Safety, and Labor Standards	Worker Protection, Labor Standards, and Workplace-Related Benefits, Employer Compliance – Wages and Earnings
Matthew Johnson Postdoctoral Scholar, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina	Organizational and Geographic Spillover Effects of OSHA Enforcement: Evidence from Randomized Inspections	Worker Protection, Labor Standards, and Workplace-Related Benefits
Adrienne Edisis Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia	Incentive Effects of Workers' Compensation Insurance Costs	Worker Protection, Labor Standards, and Workplace-Related Benefits

Awardee	Project Title	Keywords
Patricia Cortes Assistant Professor of Markets, Public Policy, and Law, School of Management, Boston University	Understanding the Prevalence and Returns to Working Long Hours and the Gender Pay Gap: Evidence Across Countries	Employer Compliance - Wages and Earnings
Amit Kramer Assistant Professor of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	The Demands and Resources of Work and Family: A Longitudinal Study of their Effects on the Risk of Injuries in the Workplace	Worker Protection, Labor Standards, and Workplace-Related Benefits
Melissa McInerney Associate Professor of Economics, Tufts University	Examining Differences by Ethnicity in the Propensity to File for Workers' Compensation Insurance	Worker Protection, Labor Standards, and Workplace-Related Benefits
Brian Thiede Assistant Professor of Sociology, Louisiana State University	Changing Patterns of Work and Poverty During and After the Great Recession	Data, Methods, and Tools, Employer Compliance – Wages and Earnings, Employment and Training

Awardee	Project Title	Keywords
Chloe Gibbs Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia	Unmeasured Effects? Assessing the Impact of Full-day Kindergarten on Maternal Employment	Employment and Training
Angshuman Gooptu PhD Candidate, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University	Early Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on Labor Market Outcomes	Employer Compliance - Wages and Earnings, Worker Protection, Labor Standards, and Workplace-Related Benefits, Data, Methods, and Tools, Employment and Training
Marta Lachowska Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research	The Effects of Relaxing the Work Search Requirement on Job Match Quality	Unemployment Insurance, Employment and Training
Alison Morantz Professor of Law and John A. Wilson Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Stanford University	The Relationship between Injury Type and the Likelihood of Underreporting	Worker Protection, Labor Standards, and Workplace-Related Benefits
Aaron Sojourner Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota	Effects of Unionization on Worker and Workplace Safety	Worker Protection, Labor Standards, and Workplace-Related Benefits

Awardee	Project Title	Keywords
Gulgun Bayaz Ozturk CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College	Effect of Job Loss on Wealth Accumulation of Older Workers	Unemployment Insurance, Employment and Training