Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Parent: UCLA
eScholarship stats: History by Item for May through August, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | 2026-08 | 2026-07 | 2026-06 | 2026-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 772804gd | Competitive Strategies and Worker Outcomes in the US Retail Industry | 1,173 | 57 | 12 | 35 | 1,069 |
| 83w7256b | Nail Files California: A Study of Nail Salon Workers and Their Industry | 832 | 357 | 201 | 157 | 117 |
| 1vn389nh | Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America's Cities | 612 | 233 | 143 | 113 | 123 |
| 0jm096mm | Why Do Robots Rebel? The Labor History of a Cultural Icon | 564 | 228 | 119 | 84 | 133 |
| 9kj023cj | Nail Files: A Study of Nail Salon Workers and Industry in the United States | 509 | 127 | 89 | 166 | 127 |
| 8k93v2v5 | High Stakes: The State of the California Cannabis Workforce | 471 | 197 | 112 | 76 | 86 |
| 66s1j4n4 | Employment at Will versus Just Cause Dismissal: Applying the Due Process Model of Procedural Justice | 445 | 95 | 36 | 145 | 169 |
| 6nr3254k | Harm to Table: Vulnerability and Exploitation in Los Angeles County Meatpacking and Food Processing | 436 | 154 | 68 | 99 | 115 |
| 5jt7n9gx | Wage Theft and Workplace Violations in Los Angeles: The Failure of Employment and Labor Law for Low-wage Workers | 429 | 97 | 68 | 73 | 191 |
| 7nh039h1 | The Stigma of Unemployment: When joblessness leads to being jobless | 409 | 159 | 58 | 107 | 85 |
| 6dk7n11b | Overcooked & Underserved: The Challenges of Koreatown's Restaurant Workers | 407 | 110 | 54 | 76 | 167 |
| 5fj1n4f8 | Government-led Vocational Training System and its Lessons: In case of South Korea before the IMF Economic Crisis | 356 | 98 | 30 | 123 | 105 |
| 5q09h352 | Analysis of High Volume For-Hire Vehicle Data for New York City. Selected Months, 2019–2022 | 342 | 190 | 48 | 56 | 48 |
| 2037d9f7 | Raw Encounters: Chinese Managers, African Workers and the Politics of Casualization in Africa’s Chinese Enclaves | 338 | 158 | 57 | 51 | 72 |
| 6bm118ss | Leaves That Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences with Paid Family Leave in California | 336 | 117 | 82 | 66 | 71 |
| 9ww5f5gg | Profile of Janitorial Workers in California | 316 | 80 | 66 | 76 | 94 |
| 0b73b6f0 | Examining The Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses | 311 | 121 | 31 | 82 | 77 |
| 7jr863sw | Reopening During COVID-19: The Experience of Nail Salon Workers and Owners in California | 302 | 67 | 83 | 63 | 89 |
| 1kg9f7tb | Automation and the Future of Dockwork at the San Pedro Bay Port Complex | 295 | 120 | 39 | 67 | 69 |
| 8670w180 | Taken for a Ride: Poverty and Food Insecurity Among Workers at Universal Studios Hollywood | 288 | 89 | 60 | 72 | 67 |
| 6w6062g2 | Moving towards Decent Work. Labour in the Lula government: reflections on recent Brazilian experience | 278 | 125 | 30 | 53 | 70 |
| 8rn2h9ch | Economic Crisis and the Logistics Industry: Financial Insecurity for Warehouse Workers in the Inland Empire | 277 | 154 | 29 | 36 | 58 |
| 8b9364pm | Temporary Agency Jobs in Japan: Bad Employment Contracts or Bad Employment Relationships? | 274 | 62 | 17 | 89 | 106 |
| 0ck918nv | Development, Disparity, and Colonial Shocks: Do Endowments Matter? | 270 | 96 | 32 | 52 | 90 |
| 4g29653x | Los Angeles Rising: A City that Works for Everyone | 267 | 73 | 33 | 58 | 103 |
| 3xb1v2dn | Resource Accessibility Across the University of California Campuses Through Undocumented Students’ Experiences | 264 | 76 | 37 | 60 | 91 |
| 2350r8n1 | Unlocking Potential: The Inland Empire Black Worker Center’s Transformative IE Works Program | 259 | 57 | 44 | 68 | 90 |
| 2bt5m91g | ON THE PERSISTENCE OF LABOR MARKET INSECURITY AND SLOW GROWTH IN THE US: Reckoning with the Waltonist Growth Regime | 248 | 74 | 13 | 15 | 146 |
| 3h60d754 | Worker Ownership, COVID-19, and the Future of the Gig Economy | 247 | 66 | 40 | 53 | 88 |
| 70b6t85q | A Survey of Nail Salon Workers and Owners in California During Covid-19 | 245 | 46 | 51 | 71 | 77 |
| 4bt5s9qd | Advantaging Communities: Co-Benefits and Community Engagement in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund | 243 | 53 | 40 | 60 | 90 |
| 2h373831 | "Your Liberation is Linked to Ours" International Labor Solidarity Campaigns | 241 | 54 | 37 | 61 | 89 |
| 7xn741zz | Hour Crisis: Unstable Schedules in the Los Angeles Retail Sector | 240 | 109 | 56 | 28 | 47 |
| 274122qv | California's Future is Clocked in: The Experience of Young Workers | 236 | 47 | 30 | 84 | 75 |
| 4vr8671z | The High Road to Economic Prosperity: An Assessment of the California Workforce Development Board’s High Road Training Partnership Initiative | 236 | 46 | 60 | 53 | 77 |
| 60z2r78j | I am a #YOUNGWORKER | 235 | 73 | 30 | 52 | 80 |
| 5qz0x0wh | Compensation for Compulsory Land Acquisition in China: to Rebuild Expropriated Farmers’ Long-Term Livelihoods | 232 | 73 | 26 | 46 | 87 |
| 8727p3gd | Does “sheep” bring the bad luck? The impacts of education resources on education attainment and earnings in China | 220 | 83 | 13 | 51 | 73 |
| 4qg631b6 | Hollow Victories: The Crisis in Collecting Unpaid Wages for California's Workers | 205 | 95 | 15 | 34 | 61 |
| 031649nf | How Can Universities Foster Educational Equityfor Undocumented College Students:Lessons from the University of California | 201 | 45 | 39 | 42 | 75 |
| 04x4z6xq | Local Government Models of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Employment | 196 | 44 | 20 | 50 | 82 |
| 5n091465 | Exploring the Effects of Right-to-Work Laws on Private Wages | 196 | 60 | 26 | 28 | 82 |
| 20p3h64t | Diversity is in the Eye of the Beholder: How Majority and Minority Group Members Define Diversity | 194 | 61 | 25 | 64 | 44 |
| 4bw3r05p | California Homecare Worker Exclusions from Taxes and Benefits: The Legal Framework | 194 | 76 | 33 | 44 | 41 |
| 55f107vf | Ridesharing or Ridestealing? Changes in Taxi Ridership and Revenue in Los Angeles 2009-2014 | 192 | 34 | 45 | 49 | 64 |
| 4pf948h2 | Is an Alternative Globalization Possible? | 187 | 81 | 45 | 28 | 33 |
| 42q1792z | Matters Settled but Not Resolved: Worker Misclassification in the Rideshare Sector | 186 | 51 | 23 | 37 | 75 |
| 95d7v8qp | The Need for a Better Deal for Workers & Residents in Inland Southern California: A Case Study of QVC Inc.’s 2015 Operating Covenant Agreement with Ontario, California | 186 | 37 | 22 | 72 | 55 |
| 98f8556s | California’s Hero Labor Law: The Private Attorneys General Act Fights Wage Theft and Recovers Millions from Lawbreaking Corporations | 186 | 39 | 30 | 48 | 69 |
| 0hx0126r | 'Making Visible the Invisible': A Glimpse into the History, Evolution and Current Dynamics of Domestic Work Relationships in Sudan | 184 | 55 | 19 | 31 | 79 |
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