Labor

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.

When the time comes, restarting the economy needs to be as quick and safe as possible. Safe workers, “immunity certificates,” and digital tracking could help.

Public health interventions do not depress the economy, says a new study based on data from the 1918 flu outbreak.

Remote work isn’t just a way to keep employees physically healthy, it also encourages mental well-being and improved work-life balance.

What Citibank learned from 1,800 students in its university partnership program.

The dean of MIT’s new college of computing on the question of jobs and automation.