Reed Eaglesham

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I am a Ph.D. candidate in Human Resources at Cornell University’s ILR School and a fellow at Cornell’s Ithaca Co-Lab, an Associate at the Institute for Compensation Studies at Cornell University, and a member of Cornell’s Migration Lab. I began my academic journey with a clear focus on micro-level compensation research, but over time, my interests have expanded to include turnover, stratification, and the role of government policy on firm decision-making. After much exploration, these interests coalesced into my dissertation topic: how organizations shape employment-relevant decisions such as worker mobility, selection, pay practices, and turnover through their interactions with and responses to labour market intermediaries and government regulations. I mainly study these topics through the phenomena of immigration, compensation, and government policy. A consistent theme throughout my work is a focus on vulnerable workers, whether frontline, immigrant, or low-wage. Ultimately, I hope that by studying the antecedents and impacts of decisions made by large labour market actors, my research can inform both government and organizational policies and practices to improve the lives of th

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