#  Daniel Schneider's new project on wage theft is awarded funding from Harvard Impact Labs 

 





February 02, 2026

 

 

Harvard Impact Labs awarded $1.4 million to launch four new research projects that will tackle urgent social problems.[ Read more here.](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/harvard-impact-labs-awards-1-4m-to-launch-research-projects-to-tackle-urgent-social-problems/)

**Paying workers what they’ve earned:** Each year, employers fail to pay U.S. workers billions of dollars due to wage theft. This new project — led by Daniel Schneider and David Weil — will address this problem by collaborating with labor departments in New Jersey, Maine, and New York City to develop AI- and data-driven models to help them enhance enforcement and better allocate their resources.



 

 

 



 

 

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