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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,
Feeling helpless about the US election?
Here are some simple strategies from the behavioral scientist’s toolbox that you can use to get out the vote in your social circle.
The Right Way to Fight Fake News
Social media platforms need to make sure their anti-misinformation strategies are empirically grounded.
Is the Key to Successful Prosocial Nudges Reputation?
If warm glow is built to promote our reputation, then it should be triggered when we give.
Potential follow-up increases private contributions to public goods
How can we increase contributions to public goods—to get donors to give more to charity, citizens to vote, households to consume less energy, drivers to carpool, and patients to take all of their antibiotics? One of the best ways is to make contributions more observable.