Research methods

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

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

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

Life expectancy gaps between gender and income groups are large and generate notable implicit redistribution in lifetime earnings via pension systems.

Implementing a range of production function estimators on UK data, we find our results are similar to or more credible than widely-used alternatives.

In this paper, we describe the trends in inequality in Canada and the combination of market and policy forces that drove them.

We discuss the drivers of inequality in Finland, such as wages, earnings, employment and education and also social outcomes such as partner-finding.