There is a small but growing body of research on under-regulated and undocumented labor, greater emphasis on the plight of these workers by the United Nations and other international development agencies, and growing political emphasis on under-regulated and undocumented labor in the developed world. At the same time, our understanding of undocumented and unregulated labor is becoming more complex as most developed economies come to rely on unregulated and undocumented workers and researchers scrutinize our dependence on (often uncompensated) domestic and care-related work.
This interdisciplinary semester brings together UI researchers to reflect on and study research issues surrounding the global labor market for under-regulated and undocumented workers from a variety of perspectives.
The scholars include:
- Carolyn Colvin (Education): Immigrant Parents’ Participation in School
- Jennifer Glass (Sociology): Carework in the Global Economy
- Rex Honey (Geography): Vulnerabilities of Labor Migrants
- Kevin T. Leicht (Sociology): International Labor Markets
- Mark Sidel (Law): Human Trafficking and Labor Regulation
- Peggie R. Smith (Law): Low-wage Care Workers and Labor Regulation
The conveners of this research semester are Kevin T. Leicht and Jennifer Glass, Professors of Sociology and co-Directors of the Iowa Institute for Inequality Studies.
Free Public Program
The State of Labor in the Global Economy
featuring
- Craig Becker, legal counsel with SEIU and the AFL-CIO;
- Janet Gornick, professor of public policy, City University of New York, New Jersey;
- Ruth Milkman, professor of sociology, the University of California, Los Angeles
- Nancy Folbre, professor of economics, University of Massachusetts and a MacArthur Genius Fellow.
Monday, November 19, 7:00 pm at the Iowa City Public Library Click here for more information.