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Reality check in the factory
MIT professor’s new book shows how labor laws actually get enforced, globally.
3 Questions: Amy Glasmeier on the living wage
MIT professor and expert in regional economies calculates how far salaries stretch.
At the intersection of real estate and urban economics
Albert Saiz leads research efforts looking at what's really going on in real estate and urban housing markets.
Search without reward
MIT conference highlights the plight of the long-term unemployed, a social issue of growing urgency.
When the job search becomes a blame game
MIT professor’s book explores how white-collar job hunters in the U.S. blame themselves unnecessarily — and suffer as a result — when they cannot find work.
John Charles named vice president for information systems and technology
New head of IS&T brings more than 20 years of experience as an IT leader at public and private institutions.
Polarized labor market leaving more employees in service jobs
Study: U.S. job market is putting more workers in positions with limited upside and leverage.
Doctor, doctor: Why the job market for married couples in medicine works well
New study in the growing ‘market design’ field of economics explains how a job-market algorithm helps land couples in the same locations.
Alison Alden, MIT’s vice president for human resources, to retire in 2014
Early-spring departure to conclude ‘seven years of exceptional service’ to the Institute.
Bringing the law to the factory
While factory labor rules are notoriously hard to enforce, a new study shows how some inspectors are able to uphold workplace standards.