Bengt Holmstrom
Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Professor, Applied Economics
Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Professor, Applied Economics
Theresa Seley Professor in Management Science, Professor, Operations Research
Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management, Professor, Applied Economics
General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management, Professor of Management Science and Innovation
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How to women in low-wage service-sector jobs respond to unemployment? That's a question Claire C. McKenna explored in her recent doctoral dissertation in the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) PhD program.
Three members of the faculty of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) have received seed grants from MIT to produce papers exploring some of the societal impacts of generative artificial intelligence.
The September 2023 issue of the IWER newsletter "Fostering Economic Mobility Through Good Jobs," is now available online.
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As Ron Williams, SF ’84, explained to MIT Sloan students at the iLead Speaker Series in April, Aetna's successful turnaround was the result of a tremendous team effort.
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Hint: They Involve food.
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New research finds that when U.S. companies switched away from standardized pay rates for blue-collar jobs in the late 1970s and 1980s, workers’ real wages declined.