Salon reporter Allegra Kirkland reports on a study co-authored by MIT Professor Chris Warshaw that examined the political leanings of cities across America. The researchers found that “ideology has tangible effects on policy at the municipal level,” Kirkland writes.
Professor Craig Wilder received a Hurston/Wright 2014 award for his book “Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities,” writes DeNeen L. Brown for The Washington Post. According to the judges, Wilder’s book “brilliantly exposes the blood-soaked ties between slavery and high education and higher education in America.”
Professor Jonathan Gruber speaks with Jim Braude and Margery Eagan of WGBH about health care enrollment following the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. “States like California and Massachusetts, that really care about implementing the law, have done well,” says Gruber. “They’ve gotten the word out and signed people up.”
Kathryn Hauser of WBZ News reports on the new MIT study showing that while workers are happier in single-sex offices, diversity results in higher levels of productivity. “If this spurs more firms to think seriously about trying to increase gender diversity, I for one would be pleased,” says Dr. Sara Ellison, co-author of the study.
Slate reporter Joshua Keating writes about a new paper, co-authored by Prof. Richard Nielsen, which examines why governments ratify human rights agreements. The authors found that “governments sometimes see ratification as a small concession to their domestic political opponents.”
Hailey Lee of CNBC examines a new study co-authored by Dr. Sara Ellison, which found that gender diversity in the workplace increased productivity. The study shows that "companies really need to start considering whether introducing more diversity could in fact benefit their bottom line in ways they may not be able to predict or understand," says Ellison.
Boston Globe reporter Jack Newsham writes about Jean Tirole, the recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics and an MIT alumnus. Tirole, who holds the title of visiting professor at MIT, was honored for his studies of market power and regulation.
Associated Press reporters Karl Ritter and Nathalie Rothchild write about Jean Tirole, an MIT alumnus and former faculty member who was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics. "What’s been great about much of Jean’s work is that he’ll start with a problem that people are struggling with,” said Professor Nancy Rose of Tirole’s work.
Bloomberg News writes about the work of Jean Tirole, an MIT alumnus who was the recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics. His work is the “foundation for much of the incentive regulations that have been adopted over the last 25 years across the world,” said MIT Professor Nancy Rose.
Sharon Crowley of Fox News reports on the new study co-authored by MIT economist Dr. Sara Ellison on diversity in the workplace. The study found that while diverse workplaces are more productive, workers are happier in single-sex offices.
In a piece published by The Huffington Post, Chad Brooks writes about a new study co-authored by Dr. Sara Ellison, which found that increasing gender diversity in the workplace can make businesses more productive. “Despite the improved production, individual employees may prefer a less diverse setting,” writes Brooks of the study’s findings.
Zeninjor Enwemeka of WBUR writes about a new study examining diversity in the workplace by MIT economist Dr. Sara Ellison. The study found that while many workers actually prefer a homogenous workplace, shifting to an office evenly split along gender lines could increase revenue.
Boston Globe reporter Katie Johnston writes about a new MIT study showing that while employees are happier when they work with people of the same sex, single-sex workplaces aren’t nearly as productive. Employees “liked the idea of diversity more than they liked actual diversity,” says Dr. Sara Ellison, co-author of the study.
Cari Romm of The Atlantic writes about a new draft paper co-authored by MIT Professor Heidi Williams examining infant mortality rates in the U.S. Researchers found that part of the reason for the higher infant mortality rate in the U.S. is that “American babies are mostly fine while they’re in the hospital and during their first days at home—but over time, that changes.”
In a piece for Forbes, John C. Goodman writes about a new study co-authored by MIT Professor Heidi Williams that examines why the U.S. infant mortality rate is about twice that of other developed countries. The researchers found that “the US postneonatal disadvantage is driven almost entirely by excess mortality among individuals of lower socioeconomic status.”