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How can we preserve human ability in the age of machines?
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Workers need healthy challenge, complexity, and connection, automation expert Matt Beane argues in his book “The Skill Code.”
Advancing Social Studies at MIT Sloan
Associate Professor Dean Eckles studies how our social networks affect our behavior and shape our lives.
Exploring Digital Transformation
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The gap between technological progression and human evolution grows wider as new developments like artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics have profound impacts on societies and economies. The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) is “shaping a brighter digital future.”
13 Quotes by MIT Sloan Alumnae from 2022
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The energy of the MIT Sloan alumnae community was palpable in 2022.
Fall Edition of IWER's Newsletter Available Online
The Fall 2022 edition of the newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) is now available online.
A New Definition of Good Jobs, with Support from IWER Faculty Members
A number of faculty members from the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) have expressed their support for a new statement defining the attributes of a good job in today’s economy.
U.S. Earnings Inequality Plateaued in the Past Decade, New Study Finds
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In a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Clem Aeppli and MIT Sloan Associate Professor Nathan Wilmers find that a plateau in U.S. earnings inequality that started around 2012 was primarily due to rapid wage gains by workers at the low end of the labor market,
“People and Profits” Class Highlighted by Bloomberg
A new Bloomberg article features MIT Sloan’s “People and Profits” class, an innovative course both developed and currently taught by IWER faculty members.
New California Fast Food Council Law Could Lead to Improved Job Quality
California’s new Fast Food Council law could encourage fast food restaurant owners in the state to improve job quality for workers and follow what’s known as a “high-road” employment strategy, MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Tom Kochan argued in a recent article for Fortune.com.