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Working Papers

2024

1. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and the Gender Skill Gap
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023)
2. Gender Differences in Negotiations and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from an Information Intervention with College Students
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2023

3. Immigration, Household Production, and Native Women's Labor Market Outcomes: A Survey of a Global Phenomenon
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Immigration, household production, and native women’s labor market outcomes: A survey of a global phenomenon, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2023) (2023)
4. The Impact of COVID-19 on Workers’ Expectations and Preferences for Remote Work
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article The Impact of COVID-19 on Workers' Expectations and Preferences for Remote Work, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (8) (2023)

2022

5. Should Mothers Work? How Perceptions of the Social Norm Affect Individual Attitudes Toward Work in the U.S
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2022) View citations (7)

2021

6. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (21)
7. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
   See also Journal Article Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023) View citations (14) (2023)
8. Labor Market Nationalization Policies and Exporting Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Labor Market Nationalization Policies and Exporting Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2023) (2023)

2020

9. Children and the Remaining Gender Gaps in the Labor Market
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (61)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (58)
   See also Journal Article Children and the Remaining Gender Gaps in the Labor Market, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (53) (2023)
10. Labor Market Nationalization Policies and Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University
    Also in Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab (2020)

2018

11. Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Gap for Skilled Women
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
    Also in Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2016) View citations (64)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (66)

2017

12. Occupation and Gender
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)

2016

13. Prevalence of Long Hours and Skilled Women's Occupational Choices
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
14. When Time Binds: Returns to Working Long Hours and the Gender Wage Gap among the Highly Skilled
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)

2014

15. Foreign nurse importation to the United States and the supply of native registered nurses
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (19)

2001

16. Los obstáculos al desarrollo empresarial y el tamaño de las firmas en América Latina
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (3)
    Also in Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department (2001) View citations (10)
17. Obstacles to Business Development and the Size of Firms in Latin America
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

Journal Articles

2024

1. Effects of a Single Session of Mindfulness and Compassion on Skin Temperature in Breast Cancer Survivors
   IJERPH, 2024, 21, (8), 1-19

2023

2. Children and the Remaining Gender Gaps in the Labor Market
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2023, 61, (4), 1359-1409 View citations (53)
   See also Working Paper Children and the Remaining Gender Gaps in the Labor Market, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (61) (2020)
3. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138, (4), 2069-2126 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (18) (2021)
4. Immigration, household production, and native women’s labor market outcomes: A survey of a global phenomenon
   European Economic Review, 2023, 158, (C)
   See also Working Paper Immigration, Household Production, and Native Women's Labor Market Outcomes: A Survey of a Global Phenomenon, NBER Working Papers (2023) (2023)
5. Labor Market Nationalization Policies and Exporting Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 71, (4), 1397 - 1426
   See also Working Paper Labor Market Nationalization Policies and Exporting Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (3) (2021)
6. The Impact of COVID-19 on Workers' Expectations and Preferences for Remote Work
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 556-61 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper The Impact of COVID-19 on Workers’ Expectations and Preferences for Remote Work, NBER Working Papers (2023) View citations (5) (2023)

2021

7. Social Norms, Labour Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Gap Between Skilled and Unskilled Women
   (Economics and Identity)
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88, (4), 1936-1978 View citations (40)

2019

8. When Time Binds: Substitutes for Household Production, Returns to Working Long Hours, and the Skilled Gender Wage Gap
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 37, (2), 351 - 398 View citations (114)

2017

9. Cross-Country Evidence on the Relationship between Overwork and Skilled Women's Job Choices
   American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 105-09 View citations (9)

2015

10. Immigration and Occupational Choice of Natives: the Case of Nurses in the United States
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2015, 61, (3-4), 797-823 View citations (14)
11. The Feminization of International Migration and its Effects on the Children Left Behind: Evidence from the Philippines
    World Development, 2015, 65, (C), 62-78 View citations (58)

2014

12. Foreign nurse importation and the supply of native nurses
    Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 37, (C), 164-180 View citations (24)

2013

13. Outsourcing Household Production: Foreign Domestic Workers and Native Labor Supply in Hong Kong
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31, (2), 327 - 371 View citations (67)

2011

14. Low-Skilled Immigration and the Labor Supply of Highly Skilled Women
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3, (3), 88-123 View citations (244)

2008

15. The Effect of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Prices: Evidence from CPI Data
    Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 116, (3), 381-422 View citations (286)

Books

2000

1. Development Beyond Economics: Economic and Social Progress in Latin America. 2000 Report
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank