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Institute for Work and Employment Research
7 Key Insights From The New MIT Report on The Future of Work
The Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at MIT Sloan asked Elisabeth B. Reynolds, the Executive Director of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future and one of the authors of that Task Force's recent report, to summarize some of the report's most important points.
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Economics
USA Lab Class Honored with "Ideas Worth Teaching" Award
USA Lab Class Honored with "Ideas Worth Teaching" Award
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Economics
Jump-Starting The Creation of Good Jobs
Strategically targeted federal investments in R&D are key to creating good jobs in the future, according to MIT Sloan Professor Simon Johnson.
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When Is a Difficult Person not a Difficult Person?
A distinguished senior officer burst into my waiting room and came right through into my office.[1] He was holding a furled umbrella high over …
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Labor
The Learning System at IBM: A Case Study
Despite a long history of research on training in the fields of organizational psychology, human resources, and labor economics, little is known about the state‐of‐the‐art in training practices offered by employers, use of training opportunities by employees, or the effects of training and upskillin...
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Labor
New Research Brief on Worker Voice and Public Policies Published
In the new briefing, titled "Worker Voice, Representation, and Implications for Public Policies," Kochan "examines the need to rebuild worker voice, power, and representation against the backdrop of building a new social contract at work..."
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Labor
Are U.S. Companies Overinvesting in Automation — And Underinvesting in People?
Does the U.S. tax system incentivize companies to overinvest in automation—at the expense of jobs?
Action Learning
Analytics
Machine learning project supports UN Mine Action Service
UNMAS tasked A-Lab with developing a machine learning model that could use satellite imagery to detect the presence of buildings and roads—key indicators of development— in areas of Afghanistan that UNMAS had cleared of explosives.
May 31, 2022
MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
Climate Change
How participatory simulation motivates climate action
New research shows that group deliberation guided by interaction with the C-ROADS model can positively influence high school and college students’ climate change knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.
May 4, 2022