Working papers

We estimate the impact of firm quality – primarily measured by firm productivity – on the health maintenance of employees.

We introduce a novel framework for individual-level welfare analysis.

Building on Bierens (1990), we propose penalized maximum statistics and combine bootstrap inference with model selection.

This paper develops a novel method for policy choice in a dynamic setting where the available data is a multi-variate time series.

We consider estimation and inference for a regression coefficient in panels with interactive fixed effects (i.e., with a factor structure).

Multivalued treatment is commonplace in applications. We explore the use of discrete-valued instruments to control for selection bias in this setting.

The persuasion rate is a key parameter for measuring the causal effect of a directional message on influencing the recipient’s behavior.

We study spillover effects within criminal networks by leveraging the deaths of co-offenders as a source of causal identification.

Measuring how assortative matching differs between two economies is difficult, we show how the use of different measures can create different outcomes

We develop a novel approach that leverages the information contained in expectations datasets to derive measures of beliefs regarding economic shocks.

We show that the redistribution of natural resource tax revenues to non-extractive municipalities stimulates economic activity in local economies.

Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects on education and crime.

We study the impact of Chinese import competition in the 2000s on workers and their households in England and Wales.

We find that an increased likelihood of Medicaid eligibility reduces marriage rates, particularly among people with higher education levels.

We study the interaction of retraining and international trade in Germany, a highly open economy with extensive state-subsidized retraining programs.

The Frisch labor supply elasticity plays a key role in many economic policy debates, but its magnitude remains controversial.

We specify and calibrate a life-cycle model of labor supply and savings incorporating health shocks and medical treatment decisions.

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of demand for housing, including owner occupied housing, investment property and liquid assets.

This paper estimates the responsiveness of retirement saving to tax incentives for employees in Great Britain.