Labor

A new working paper details an average 6.2% boost in productivity when workers were paid earlier in a project.

A new research brief from MIT examines what digital innovation means for workers, training, and strategy at U.S. firms.

Six illustrations we loved this year.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks about artificial intelligence, how technology can democratize expertise, and the perils of remote work in an attention economy.

Some automation displaces workers and lowers wages. A new report argues that taxing the right technologies could help remedy this.

In areas where Uber operates, car owners saw fewer unemployment claims and credit delinquencies from 2012 to 2016.

MIT Sloan doctoral candidate Alex Kowalski is researching practical ways to improve warehouse jobs.

The “urban wage advantage” for workers without a college degree is sliding fast. Black men have suffered the steepest drops.

Industrial robots do reduce jobs and wages — especially for workers in the automotive industry and certain parts of the country.

New research shows those who can’t work from home bear the brunt of the pandemic’s economic fallout — particularly women with children.