The ILR Undergraduate Research Fellows Program provides ILR undergraduates with the opportunity to work with a professor during academic year 2023-2024. This program was developed in response to numerous requests we have received from undergraduates for research opportunities and in the hope that it will facilitate one-on-one student/faculty interactions. Students participating in this program will receive an hourly pay of $16.50 per hour for up to 10 hours a week. Awards will be made on a one semester basis with renewal possible for the second semester.  Students may not earn credit for the research project during the semester or year they are being paid as a research assistant.
 

Correcting Misperceptions on Employability in the Labor Market: A Field Experiment

The goal of this project is to evaluate an intervention aimed at correcting misperceptions about employability in the labor market. We will conduct a field study with a large sample of job seekers in New York State. Job seekers will be invited to search on an on-line platform designed by our research team. A subset of job seekers will be shown how they rank relative to other applicants for vacancies they are considering. We expect that this information will be useful for job seekers to better target their search. Undergraduate Research Fellows could help us with recruitment of the job seekers, which would involve approaching relevant organizations in New York State, designing advertisements and help with piloting the study. – with Professor Michèle Belot and Professor Philipp Kircher.

To apply for this Fall 2023 research opportunity, please click Apply below.