At a presentation at the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research seminar, MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Emerita Lotte Bailyn and three additional experts discussed a new book Bailyn coauthored, "Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You."
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.
Read the Spring 2023 newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
How do women in low-wage service-sector jobs respond to unemployment? That's a question Claire C. McKenna explored in her recent doctoral dissertation in the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) PhD program.
During an event at the MIT Sloan School, MIT Sloan Professor of the Practice Zeynep Ton spoke about her recent book, “The Case for Good Jobs."
Do policies that it easier for employees to juggle work and family needs increase the ability of women to advance in organizations? New research from Eunmi Mun, Shawna Vican, and MIT Sloan Professor Erin L. Kelly suggests that was indeed the case with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in the U...
The Fall 2022 edition of the newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) is now available online.
A new Bloomberg article features MIT Sloan’s “People and Profits” class, an innovative course both developed and currently taught by IWER faculty members.
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...
During this year’s Orientation, on day one, new MIT students stepped into the shoes of global decision-makers, using the simulator to test climate policies, explore solutions, and envision the future they want to create.
