Institute for Work and Employment Research
Can We Find The Employment High Road In Low-Wage Indusitries?
CAN WE FIND THE EMPLOYMENT HIGH ROAD IN LOW-WAGE INDUSTRIES?
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Institute for Work and Employment Research
Career
Who Benefits from Internal Hiring?
Career ladders within organizations are often seen as one way to create opportunities for low-wage workers to move into better-paying jobs. But, in practice, how common is it for low-wage workers in the U.S. to benefit economically from moving to a new job within the same organization?
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Labor
Can Companies Profit From Being Good Employers?
In a recent paper, MIT Sloan’s Paul Osterman finds evidence that companies have choices about the wages they pay, and that some companies can be successful through “High Road” employment practices that result in better-quality jobs. But it's not at all clear, he concludes, that such High Road employ...
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Economy
U.S. Earnings Inequality Plateaued in the Past Decade, New Study Finds
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,
Oct 12, 2022
MIT Sloan Executive Education
Upcoming MIT Sloan Executive Education Course on "Leading the Future of Work"
MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Thomas A. Kochan of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) co-leads this executive education Course with MIT Professors David Autor and Sandy Pentland.
IWER
Podcast: Declining Worker Power, Growing Inequality
In a new podcast, MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Anna Stansbury explains her research on the links between the decline in U.S. workers’ power in recent decades and increasing income inequality.
Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative
Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative
The Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at MIT Sloan focuses on making work work for everyone in the 21st century.