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Emma Kaye, MBA ’22, and Cassie Lowell co-founded Cosmosii to help costume makers connect with cosplayers and manage their business.
The Fall 2022 edition of the newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) is now available online.
A number of faculty members from the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) have expressed their support for a new statement defining the attributes of a good job in today’s economy.
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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,
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Bloomer Tech designed a washable bra that uses flexible and washable circuits to continuously read metrics like their ECG, respiration, heart rate, and more.
A new Bloomberg article features MIT Sloan’s “People and Profits” class, an innovative course both developed and currently taught by IWER faculty members.
California’s new Fast Food Council law could encourage fast food restaurant owners in the state to improve job quality for workers and follow what’s known as a “high-road” employment strategy, MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Tom Kochan argued in a recent article for Fortune.com.
USA Lab students conduct fieldwork to deepen their understanding of America’s economic and social struggles and uncover sustainable solutions that work. Host organizations like the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque see such positive outcomes that they often return to host again.
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Nick Brenner was looking forward to traveling to Leon County, Florida in March to do fieldwork as part of MIT Sloan’s USA Lab class. Then the pandemic hit—and those plans changed.
Back on campus to take part in MIT Sloan Reunion 2022 events, alumnae founders engaged in a discussion on community, culture, and navigating the challenges and opportunities that come with being a woman entrepreneur.
