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MIT Sloan's Lotte Bailyn, Susan Silbey, and Catherine Wolfram were among those elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this year. news.mit.edu/2025/six-mit-e…

In this piece, I explain why a high-productivity, high-dignity service sector is essential for the United States and offer specific ideas for how to build and strengthen it. hbr.org/2025/05/buildi…

"There are more Americans working at Walmart than in all U.S. auto factories combined….The future of the middle class depends much more on the jobs that already surround us—service jobs—than on manufacturing jobs." — Zeynep Ton MIT Sloan School of Management, in Harvard Business Review: tinyurl.com/2y2bxwj8

Why do #migrant workers in #China not complain against #labor violations? Duanyi Yang Cornell ILR School shows that most of these workers do not interpret labor violations as such because of their close local and ties with the employers. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

Our #EssaySeries on "The Rise of Populism and the Future of Economic Policy" is now live! It explores economic factors contributing to rising support for authoritarian populism, as well as potential policy solutions. Learn more and see all essays ⬇️ equitablegrowth.org/insights-exper…

"The crisis of poor job quality has encouraged right-wing populist leaders to pitch divisive rhetoric to struggling workers and their families..." MIT Sloan School of Management's Erin Kelly on drivers of poor job quality and policy responses to address them⬇️ #EssaySeries equitablegrowth.org/americas-job-q…

The Surprising Potential of Health & Well-Being Committees: Research by Erin Kelly MIT Sloan School of Management et al. found that forming committees where warehouse workers could share workplace health & well-being concerns reduced employee turnover & improved mental health. tinyurl.com/y4pej88v

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"College graduates this year are facing a very uncertain labor market, " Thomas A. Kochan MIT Sloan School of Management told Newsweek. "With employers not clear on whether the economy is going to go into a recession…the uncertainty is going to create a softer labor market..." tinyurl.com/mpt44yc7

Meritocracy has become an increasingly popular term lately. But Emilio Castilla MIT IWER MIT Sloan School of Management explains in The European Business Review that his research suggests that saying an organization is meritocratic can increase the odds of bias in people-related decisions: tinyurl.com/muuna2j4

In a new essay for Equitable Growth, Erin Kelly of MIT IWER MIT Sloan School of Management reflects on America's job-quality crisis, how it fuels anger & fear that right-wing populist politicians capitalize on, and how to improve working conditions: tinyurl.com/2k2v35xz

The U.S. is experiencing a crisis around job quality. Emerging climate jobs can give workers a living wage, health care, and safe working conditions. bit.ly/43sYvBD

Facing low wages, poor working conditions, and a lack of training, a third of working Americans can’t afford their basic needs. The transition to a sustainable economy represents a unique opportunity to address those challenges and create fair, well-paying jobs — even amid

Clean energy is a sector “where there are huge needs both for the climate issue and for our country’s workforce development,” said MIT Sloan professor Erin Kelly, co-director of MIT IWER. At an April event hosted by IWER and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, Kelly and guest speaker Jenny

A new study claims that mass deportations are not the solution to low wages and poor working conditions. Why? Undocumented immigrants aren't the reason workers' wages are low. Check out more key findings from this report on labor enforcement via #EGgrantee Janice Fine ⬇️

The U.S. is experiencing a crisis around job quality. Emerging climate jobs can give workers a living wage, health care, and safe working conditions. bit.ly/3HgbM7R

In our #EGEssaySeries, Erin Kelly of MIT IWER MIT Sloan School of Management examines the job quality crisis and how improving conditions reinforces workers' well-being. She also shows how this crisis is linked to right-wing populism and offers solutions to address it. 🔗: equitablegrowth.org/americas-job-q…

There’s a succession dispute at the Mass.-based family-owned supermarket chain Market Basket, according to The Boston Globe. What would help? A mediator, advises Thomas A. Kochan MIT IWER MIT Sloan School of Management. The situation needs “fewer lawyers,” according to Kochan: tinyurl.com/yhczt6mp

You might not think a committee where workers can share work-related health & well-being concerns would have all that much effect on a workplace. But it can. That’s what Professor Erin Kelly MIT IWER MIT Sloan School of Management & colleagues found in a recent study: tinyurl.com/y4pej88v