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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.

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.

To combat the negative effects of climate change, making a transition to green energy is vital. But what will happen to people whose jobs are significantly linked to fossil fuel use? And what policy options are available to mitigate the employment effects of such a transition? That was a question ex...

New research by MIT Sloan Professor Nathan Wilmers and two coauthors finds that having certain kinds of tasks in a job description allows new employees, including frontline workers, to earn more.

The Fall 2024 newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research is available online. The theme is “What Helps—Or Hinders—Career Progress.”

How will the U.S. election affect jobs and the economy? That was the topic of a panel discussion held October 29th, 2024 at the MIT Sloan School of Management. The event, which was sponsored by the MIT Sloan People and Organizations Club and the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER...

Until recently, the link between having a say in the workplace and workers’ job satisfaction and well-being had not been empirically demonstrated by researchers. Now, a new journal article coauthored by scholars from the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) addresses that question.

The MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) is delighted to warmly welcome back Richard (Rick) M. Locke, who is the newly announced incoming Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management.