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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER)

@mitiwer.bsky.social

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IWER is a multidisciplinary hub for the study of work & employment, housed at the MIT Sloan School of Management but including researchers from other parts of MIT. Learn more: mitsloan.mit.edu/institute-work-and…

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Don't miss the new issue of our @mitiwer.bsky.social newsletter, which includes a focus on research about upward economic mobility: tinyurl.com/2emkdxyt

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

IWER's August 2025 newsletter is now available online. The title of this issue is "'The Meritocracy Paradox' and More: New Works from IWER Researchers.” Read the August newsletter here: tinyurl.com/yk7bbc9p

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

The Spring 2025 newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research is now available online. The theme of this issue is "Exploring the Connections Between Work and Well-Being." Read it here: tinyurl.com/3uw29wsj

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

A new edition of the @mitiwer.bsky.social newsletter is now available online. The theme is "Building an Economy that Works for Everyone." Read it here: mailchi.mp/mit/building...

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

“I am dreadfully worried about the deep, deep divisions in our society,” said Tom Kochan of @mitiwer.bsky.social at a recent faculty panel discussion @mitsloan.bsky.social about the potential impacts of the U.S. election on jobs and the economy: tinyurl.com/yc77ek59

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Read the new issue of IWER's newsletter, available online: mailchi.mp/f92ce9402716...

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

IWER’s April newsletter is now available online. This issue’s theme is “Generative AI and the Future of Work”: mailchi.mp/dd82ba1d0b55...

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

Congratulations to MIT Sloan Professor Tom Kochan @mitiwer.bsky.social! He has just been named one of the Charter 30—a list of “30 cutting-edge researchers, visionary leaders, and outside-the-box innovators who are helping us understand and reimagine the modern workplace.” tinyurl.com/3j5b54t8

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

The Link Between Worker Voice on the Job and Job Quality: New research from @yaminette.bsky.social, Arrow Minster & Tom Kochan of @mitiwer.bsky.social at MIT and Duanyi Yang & Dongwoo Park of Cornell ILR School: tinyurl.com/ymc7pnmy

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

Could private equity improve workers' job quality? Not without “a massive shift in what private equity firms have traditionally done,” Tom Kochan of MIT IWER and MIT Sloan told The Job newsletter; he noted private equity's “track record of negative effects.” tinyurl.com/3vrf5syk

Image of Thomas Kochan, professor emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Today is the birthday of Ellen Swallow Richards, who 150 years ago became the first woman to graduate from MIT. She was a pioneer in water quality testing and human ecology; read about her in this month's @mitiwer.bsky.social newsletter: tinyurl.com/597w6vja

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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

The December IWER newsletter is now available online; this month's theme is "Women and Work." Read the newsletter here: tinyurl.com/597w6vja

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