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.
The Fall 2022 edition of the newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) is now available online.
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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,
A new Bloomberg article features MIT Sloan’s “People and Profits” class, an innovative course both developed and currently taught by IWER faculty members.
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After taking second place at the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Launch event in May, Inclusively.ai wants to make diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging even more actionable.
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Chi-Won Yoon, SB ’82, SM ’86, recently met with students in China Lab, an Action Learning course, to discuss the future of fintech and cryptocurrencies in China.
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Thomas J. Allen, SM ’63, PhD ’66, a beloved member of the MIT Sloan community for more than half a century, died November 13 after a brief illness. He was 89.
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Many of the MIT alumni who created the TravlerPack sleeping bag for Syrian refugees, including Sloanie Vick Liu, SB ’20, will return to campus for a special in-person ceremony celebrating the Classes of 2020 and 2021.
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Guadalupe Hayes-Mota, SB ’08, LGO ’16, is one of eight recipients of this year's Margaret L. A. MacVicar, SB ’65, ScD ’67, Award, which is given in recognition of one’s innovation at, dedication to, and impact on the MIT Alumni Association or the Institute in any area of volunteer activity.
For decades, MIT Sloan Professor Lotte Bailyn has been calling for changes in the way work is organized -- often in ways that have proven prescient.
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Steve Rusckowski, SM ’84, former chairperson, CEO, and president of Quest Diagnostics, believes small changes can have a major impact on company culture.