Seminars are held Tuesdays 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. in Bldg. E52-598. Lunch will be held before the seminar, from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
| Date | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Sept 15 | Helen Ying Hsi, IWER Evidence of the Fundamental Flaw of the Mass Production Paradigm (PDF) |
| Sept 22 | James B. Rebitzer, Boston University Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Fictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance (PDF) |
| Sept 29 | Emilio J. Castilla, IWER The Paradox of Meritocracy: Hidden Risks in Merit-based Performance Systems |
| Oct 6 | Jonathan Koppell, Yale University The Political Dynamics of Global Rulemaking (PDF) Summary (PDF) |
| Oct 13 | Monday Schedule, No Seminar |
| Oct 20 | Siobhan O’Mahony, Boston University Progressing to the Center: Coordinating Collectively Managed Knowledge Work (DOC) |
| Oct 27 | Hiroshi Ono, Texas A&M University Free agents in an embedded world: Career mobility in the Japanese financial sector (PDF) |
| Nov 3 | Thomas DiPrete, Columbia University The Relational Structure of Executive Pay (PDF) |
| Nov 10 | Lisa Cohen, London Business School The Road to Entitlement: The Impact of Administrative Imperatives, Power Dynamics and Organizational Demography on the Creation of New Job Titles (PDF) |
| Nov 17 | Michael Lipsky, DEMOS Reflections on Street Level Bureaucracy |
| Nov 24 | Ofer Sharone, IWER Blame Games: Job Search Institutions and the Dynamics of Unemployment (PDF) |
| Dec 1 | Brigham R. Frandsen, MIT Department of Economics Union Wage Setting and the Distribution of Employee Earnings: Evidence from Certification Elections |
| Dec 8 | Thomas Kochan, IWER The Long-Haul Effects of Interest Arbitration: The Case of New York State's Taylor Law |
All are welcome to attend any of the seminars. Please contact Jacalyn Martelli (Tel: 617-258-8360 / E-mail: jmartelli@mit.edu / Office: E52-580) to be added to our mailing list.
Professor Paul Osterman, codirector of IWER, is coauthor of “Working in America — A Blueprint for the New Labor Market,” a book which aims to initiate a national debate over the deep-rooted problems facing the labor markets.
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