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Institute for Work and Employment Research
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.
Institute for Work and Employment Research
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 …
Institute for Work and Employment Research
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...
Institute for Work and Employment Research
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..."
Institute for Work and Employment Research
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
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Labor
MIT Task Force Report Emphasizes Need to Improve Workers' Economic Prospects
The MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, an MIT-wide task force recently released its report—and the report includes an extensive focus on improving economic prospects for U.S. workers, particularly those who lack a college education.
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Research
New Research Analyzes Effects of Learning on Employee Performance
The pandemic has affected the type of learning the IBM employees in the study pursued, as this graph shows, but the researchers found that "overall learning consumption remains high."