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Working Papers

2025

1. Unpacking the Countercyclicality of Post-Secondary Enrollment in the United States
   CERGE-EI Working Papers, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague

2024

2. Fissured firms and worker outcomes
   CLEF Working Paper Series, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo

2023

3. Make Your Own Luck: The Wage Gains from Starting College in a Bad Economy
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in CERGE-EI Working Papers, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague (2021)
   See also Journal Article Make your own luck: The wage gains from starting college in a bad economy, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
4. Technological Change, Firm Heterogeneity and Wage Inequality
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)

2021

5. Between-Group Inequality May Decline despite a Rising Skill Premium
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Between-group inequality may decline despite a rising skill premium, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (3) (2021)
6. Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the CARES act on earnings and inequality
   CLEF Working Paper Series, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo View citations (2)
   Also in Upjohn Working Papers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (2020) View citations (19)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (21)
7. The heterogenous labour market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
   CLEF Working Paper Series, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo View citations (1)

2020

8. Are routine jobs moving south?: Evidence from changes in the occupational structure of employment in the USA and Mexico
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
   Also in Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (2019) View citations (3)
9. Caught in the Cycle: Economic Conditions at Enrollment and Labor Market Outcomes of College Graduates
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (2018) View citations (1)
   CERGE-EI Working Papers, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague (2018) View citations (1)
   CLEF Working Paper Series, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo (2020) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Caught in the Cycle: Economic Conditions at Enrolment and Labour Market Outcomes of College Graduates, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2021) View citations (5) (2021)
10. Heterogeneous Labor Market Impacts During the Early Stages of the Covid-19 Pandemic
    Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis
11. Rising Concentration and Wage Inequality
    Diskussionsschriften, Universitaet Bern, Departement Volkswirtschaft View citations (5)
    Also in Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (2020) View citations (6)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Rising concentration and wage inequality, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2024) View citations (2) (2024)
12. The Heterogeneous Labor Market Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic
    Upjohn Working Papers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (51)
    See also Journal Article Heterogeneous Labor Market Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2023) View citations (7) (2023)

2018

13. The "End of Men" and Rise of Women in the High-Skilled Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    Also in 2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2017) View citations (2)
14. The “End of Men†and Rise of Women in the High-Skilled Labor Market
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (30)

2016

15. Changes in the Returns to Skill and the Variance of Unobserved Ability
    Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester
    Also in Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (2015)
    Working Papers, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics (2015)
16. Delving into the Demand Side: Changes in Workplace Specialization and Job Polarization
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
    Also in Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (2016) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Delving into the demand side: Changes in workplace specialization and job polarization, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (37) (2019)
17. Disappearing Routine Jobs: Who, How, and Why?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Disappearing routine jobs: Who, how, and why?, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (116) (2017)

2014

18. The Barriers to Occupational Mobility: An Aggregate Analysis
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2014) View citations (15)
19. The Costs of Occupational Mobility: An Aggregate Analysis
    Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article The Costs of Occupational Mobility: An Aggregate Analysis, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2018) View citations (30) (2018)
20. The Micro and Macro of Disappearing Routine Jobs: A Flows Approach
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (50)
    See also Journal Article The dynamics of disappearing routine jobs: A flows approach, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (41) (2020)

2012

21. Where Have the Routine Workers Gone? A Study of Polarization Using Panel Data
    Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article Where Have the Middle-Wage Workers Gone? A Study of Polarization Using Panel Data, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2016) View citations (222) (2016)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Rising concentration and wage inequality
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2024, 126, (2), 320-354 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Rising Concentration and Wage Inequality, Diskussionsschriften (2020) View citations (5) (2020)

2023

2. Distributional impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the CARES Act
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2023, 21, (2), 325-349 View citations (3)
3. Heterogeneous Labor Market Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
   ILR Review, 2023, 76, (1), 30-55 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper The Heterogeneous Labor Market Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Upjohn Working Papers (2020) View citations (51) (2020)
4. Make your own luck: The wage gains from starting college in a bad economy
   Labour Economics, 2023, 84, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Make Your Own Luck: The Wage Gains from Starting College in a Bad Economy, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
5. The Growing Importance of Social Tasks in High-Paying Occupations: Implications for Sorting
   Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58, (5), 1429-1451 View citations (3)

2021

6. Between-group inequality may decline despite a rising skill premium
   Labour Economics, 2021, 72, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Between-Group Inequality May Decline despite a Rising Skill Premium, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (3) (2021)
7. Caught in the Cycle: Economic Conditions at Enrolment and Labour Market Outcomes of College Graduates
   The Economic Journal, 2021, 131, (638), 2383-2412 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Caught in the Cycle: Economic Conditions at Enrollment and Labor Market Outcomes of College Graduates, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2020

8. The dynamics of disappearing routine jobs: A flows approach
   Labour Economics, 2020, 65, (C) View citations (41)
   See also Working Paper The Micro and Macro of Disappearing Routine Jobs: A Flows Approach, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (50) (2014)

2019

9. Delving into the demand side: Changes in workplace specialization and job polarization
   Labour Economics, 2019, 57, (C), 164-176 View citations (37)
   See also Working Paper Delving into the Demand Side: Changes in Workplace Specialization and Job Polarization, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (5) (2016)
10. The Individual-Level Patterns Underlying the Decline of Routine Jobs
    Travail et Emploi, 2019, n° 157, (1), 45-66

2018

11. The Costs of Occupational Mobility: An Aggregate Analysis
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16, (2), 275-315 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper The Costs of Occupational Mobility: An Aggregate Analysis, Working Paper series (2014) View citations (13) (2014)

2017

12. Disappearing routine jobs: Who, how, and why?
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2017, 91, (C), 69-87 View citations (116)
    See also Working Paper Disappearing Routine Jobs: Who, How, and Why?, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (17) (2016)

2016

13. Where Have the Middle-Wage Workers Gone? A Study of Polarization Using Panel Data
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 34, (1), 63 - 105 View citations (222)
    See also Working Paper Where Have the Routine Workers Gone? A Study of Polarization Using Panel Data, Economics Discussion Paper Series (2012) View citations (30) (2012)