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EGOS 2018 Conference in Tallinn, Estonia: Call for Papers

Isabel Fernandez-Mateo and Emilio J. Castilla are excited to be convening a stream on “The Impact of Organizational Practices on Career Outcomes” as part of the European Group of Organization Studies’...

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Taking on the Divide: Good Jobs and Shared Prosperity in Rural America

We invite you to a special event called Taking on the Divide: Good Jobs and Shared Prosperity in Rural America on November 7th from 6-8 pm in E51-345 – part of the Mens et Manus America initiative with...

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The Future of Work? More Home Health Aides Than Software Developers

By Benjamin Herold on October 24, 2017 3:53 PM   The computer science field is hot. But when it comes to the fastest-growing occupations and the fields that will create the highest number of jobs over...

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Demand For Senior Home Care Grows, But Its Pay Remains Low

Caretaker Yamiley Jean Louis looks on as Leroy Neuberg, 102, gets his regular haircut from Maria Chavez at Salon Maria in Brookline. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) By Rachel Zimmerman This story is part of a...

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Lucio Baccaro is New Director at the MPIfG

In September 2017, Lucio Baccaro took up the post of Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. With a political science and sociological orientation, Baccaro is among...

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MIT President L. Rafael Reif writes Op Ed in Boston Globe on Technology and...

Our MIT President L. Rafael Reif wrote an excellent op ed in The Boston Globe urging that we find ways to use technology to invent and improve the future of work.  It serves as a call to action, one I...

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How Care for Elders, Not Children, Denies Women a Paycheck

This recent New York Times story prominently features MIT Professor Paul Osterman’s new book, “Who Will Care for Us?” To read the original story on the New York Times website, go here. Eduardo Porter...

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Solidarity at its Best: But Need to Stay the Course

Francisco Rodriguez speaks to the media at Bellingham Hill Park in Chelsea about his release from custody by immigration officials. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)   Thomas A. Kochan December 29, 2017 Three days...

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George Ward Launches New Book on The Origins of Happiness

IWER PhD student George Ward is releasing a new book this week at the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association in Philadelphia.  To mark the publication of The Origins of Happiness, the...

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Zeynep Ton Launches Good Jobs Institute

Congratulations to our colleague Zeynep Ton on launching a new “Good Jobs Institute.”  Zeynep is putting her research on how companies can build and sustain good jobs with the right mix of workforce,...

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