The Work Goes On: An Oral History of Industrial Relations and Labor Economics with Princeton’s Orley Ashenfelter
Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University
46 episodes
2 months ago
Richard Murnane, Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, discusses his early education, his studies on the relationship between a quality education and upward mobility, and his thoughts for equipping children to thrive in a changing economy.
Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2025-11/046-TWGO%20Murnane_transcript.pdf
For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/richard-murnane-2025
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Richard Murnane, Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, discusses his early education, his studies on the relationship between a quality education and upward mobility, and his thoughts for equipping children to thrive in a changing economy.
Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2025-11/046-TWGO%20Murnane_transcript.pdf
For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/richard-murnane-2025
Marjorie McElroy on a long academic career and navigating the economics profession as a woman
The Work Goes On: An Oral History of Industrial Relations and Labor Economics with Princeton’s Orley Ashenfelter
25 minutes 15 seconds
1 year ago
Marjorie McElroy on a long academic career and navigating the economics profession as a woman
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
The Work Goes On: An Oral History of Industrial Relations and Labor Economics with Princeton’s Orley Ashenfelter
Richard Murnane, Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, discusses his early education, his studies on the relationship between a quality education and upward mobility, and his thoughts for equipping children to thrive in a changing economy.
Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2025-11/046-TWGO%20Murnane_transcript.pdf
For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/richard-murnane-2025
