Details about Jan Eeckhout

Homepage:	http://www.janeeckhout.com/
Postal address:	Department of Economics University Pompeu Fabra Ramon Trias Fargas 25 08005 Barcelona Spain Barcelona GSE/UPF 25 Trias Fargas 08005 Barcelona Spain
Workplace:	Departament d'Economia i Empresa (Department of Economics and Business), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Pompeu Fabra University), Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Technological Change in Quantities
   LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
2. The Value and Proï¬ ts of Firms
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
3. Wealth, Marriage, and Sex Selection
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

2022

4. Are Managers Paid for Market Power?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2022) View citations (4)
   Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2022) View citations (4)
5. Data and Market Power
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
6. Data and Markups: A Macro-Finance Perspective
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
7. Market Power And Wage Inequality
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (1)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2022) View citations (1)
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2022) View citations (1)
8. What Drives Stagnation: Monopsony or Monopoly?
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (2)
9. What Drives Wage Stagnation: Monopsony or Monopoly?
   Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics View citations (10)
   Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2022) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article What Drives Wage Stagnation: Monopsony or Monopoly?, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2022) View citations (14) (2022)

2021

10. IT and Urban Polarization
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
11. Optimal Taxation and Market Power
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2021) View citations (8)
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2021) View citations (8)
12. QUANTIFYING MARKET POWER AND BUSINESS DYNAMISM IN THE MACROECONOMY
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2021) View citations (36)
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2021) View citations (32)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (32)
13. The Effect of Wealth on Worker Productivity
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in Bristol Economics Discussion Papers, School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK (2020) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Wealth on Worker Productivity, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2019

14. Automation, Spatial Sorting, and Job Polarization
    2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)
15. Quantifying Market Power
    Annual Meeting Plenary, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)
16. The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications
    RBA Annual Conference Papers, Reserve Bank of Australia View citations (23)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (317)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (316)
    See also Journal Article The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2020) View citations (619) (2020)

2018

17. Global Market Power
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (117)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (117)
18. The Technological Origins of the Decline in Labor Market Dynamism
    2018 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The technological origins of the decline in labor market dynamism, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier (2024) (2024)

2017

19. Labor Market Liquidity
    2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
20. Marital Sorting versus Stochastic Sorting
    2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
21. Optimal Spatial Taxation: Are Big Cities too Small?
    Working Papers, CEMFI View citations (9)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (14)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (14)
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2015) View citations (2)

2015

22. Unemployment cycles
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies
    See also Journal Article Unemployment Cycles, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (10) (2019)

2014

23. Optimal Spatial Taxation
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (3)

2013

24. Spatial Sorting
    VfS Annual Conference 2013 (Duesseldorf): Competition Policy and Regulation in a Global Economic Order, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (5)
    Also in 2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2011) View citations (1)
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2013) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Spatial Sorting, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (65) (2014)
25. Unemployment Risk and the Distribution of Assets
    2013 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2012

26. Matching Information
    2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
    See also Journal Article Matching information, Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society (2018) View citations (4) (2018)

2011

27. Identifying sorting: in theory
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (159)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (26)
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2009) View citations (11)
    2009 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2009) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Identifying Sorting--In Theory, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2011) View citations (197) (2011)
28. Sorting and Factor Intensity: Production and Unemployment across Skills
    2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)

2010

29. Assortative Learning
    2010 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Assortative Learning, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2022) (2022)
30. Sorting and decentralized price competition
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (120)
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2008) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Sorting and Decentralized Price Competition, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2010) View citations (138) (2010)
31. Sorting versus screening: search frictions and competing mechanisms
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (65)
    See also Journal Article Sorting versus screening: Search frictions and competing mechanisms, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2010) View citations (64) (2010)
32. Spatial Sorting: Why New York, Los Angeles and Detroit Attract the Greatest Minds as well as the Unskilled
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (18)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (19)

2009

33. Bargaining Over Public Goods
    Working Papers, Centro de Investigacion Economica, ITAM View citations (7)
    Also in LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2009) View citations (6)
    Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL (2008)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2009) View citations (7)
    Post-Print, HAL (2008)
    Post-Print, HAL (2009) View citations (7)
    Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne (2008)
    Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL (2009) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Bargaining over Public Goods, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory (2009) View citations (7) (2009)
34. Competitive bargaining equilibrium
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    Also in Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL (2004)
    Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL (2008) View citations (11)
    Post-Print, HAL (2008) View citations (9)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2008) View citations (8)
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2004)
    Post-Print, HAL (2004)
    Cahiers de la Maison des Sciences Economiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1) (2004)
    See also Journal Article Competitive bargaining equilibrium, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2008) View citations (14) (2008)

2008

35. Prices as Optimal Competitive Sales Mechanisms
    2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)
36. Span of Control in Production Hierarchies
    2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2007

37. Occupational Choice and Development
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Occupational choice and development, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2012) View citations (17) (2012)
38. The Sorting Effect of Price Competition
    2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2006

39. Local Supermodularity and Unique Assortative Matching
    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)

2005

40. Bargaining over Taxation
    2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2004

41. Employer Learning and General Human Capital
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)

2002

42. Is Bargaining over Prices Efficient?
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations (5)

2000

43. Competing Norms of Cooperation
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations (1)
    Also in Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
44. Heterogeneity as a coordination device
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (9)

1998

45. Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

1996

46. Bilateral Search and Vertical Heterogeneity
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Bilateral Search and Vertical Heterogeneity, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1999) View citations (62) (1999)

Undated

47. Efficient Job Allocation
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department

Journal Articles

2025

1. Technology Adoption and the Changing Role and Background of Clerical Workers
   Economic Commentary, 2025, 2025, (02), 8

2024

2. The Effect of Wealth on Worker Productivity
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2024, 91, (3), 1584-1633 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Wealth on Worker Productivity, CEPR Discussion Papers (2021) (2021)
3. The technological origins of the decline in labor market dynamism
   Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2024, 169, (C)
   See also Working Paper The Technological Origins of the Decline in Labor Market Dynamism, 2018 Meeting Papers (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2022

4. Assortative Learning
   Economica, 2022, 89, (355), 647-688
   See also Working Paper Assortative Learning, 2010 Meeting Papers (2010) View citations (4) (2010)
5. What Drives Wage Stagnation: Monopsony or Monopoly?
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20, (6), 2181-2225 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper What Drives Wage Stagnation: Monopsony or Monopoly?, Working Papers (2022) View citations (10) (2022)

2021

6. A Comment on: “General Equilibrium Oligopoly and Ownership Structure” by José Azar and Xavier Vives
   Econometrica, 2021, 89, (3), 1049-1053
7. Book Review: The Great Reversal by Thomas Philippon
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2021, 59, (4), 1340-60 View citations (2)
8. Comment
   NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2021, 35, (1), 151 - 166
9. Corrigendum to Capital Investment in “Assortative Matching With Large Firms”
   Econometrica, 2021, 89, (4), 11-14
10. Green urbanization
    PLOS ONE, 2021, 16, (11), 1-16

2020

11. Competing Teams
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87, (3), 1134-1173 View citations (2)
12. The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications*
    (Econometric Tools for Analyzing Market Outcomes)
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135, (2), 561-644 View citations (619)
    See also Working Paper The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications, RBA Annual Conference Papers (2019) View citations (23) (2019)

2019

13. Unemployment Cycles
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2019, 11, (4), 175-234 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Unemployment cycles, IFS Working Papers (2015) (2015)

2018

14. Assortative Matching With Large Firms
    Econometrica, 2018, 86, (1), 85-132 View citations (49)
15. Matching information
    Theoretical Economics, 2018, 13, (1) View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Matching Information, 2012 Meeting Papers (2012) (2012)
16. Sorting in the Labor Market
    Annual Review of Economics, 2018, 10, (1), 1-29

2017

17. Sorting through Search and Matching Models in Economics
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2017, 55, (2), 493-544 View citations (99)

2015

18. Common value experimentation
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2015, 160, (C), 317-339 View citations (5)

2014

19. DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE COMPETITION FOR TALENT
    International Economic Review, 2014, 55, (3), 625-664 View citations (1)
20. Spatial Sorting
    Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 122, (3), 554 - 620 View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper Spatial Sorting, VfS Annual Conference 2013 (Duesseldorf): Competition Policy and Regulation in a Global Economic Order (2013) View citations (5) (2013)

2012

21. Occupational choice and development
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2012, 147, (2), 657-683 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Occupational Choice and Development, NBER Working Papers (2007) (2007)

2011

22. Identifying Sorting--In Theory
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2011, 78, (3), 872-906 View citations (197)
    See also Working Paper Identifying sorting: in theory, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2011) View citations (159) (2011)
23. The Research Agenda: Jan Eeckhout and Philipp Kircher on Sorting in Macroeconomic Models
    EconomicDynamics Newsletter, 2011, 13, (1)

2010

24. A Theory of Optimal Random Crackdowns
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (3), 1104-35 View citations (41)
25. Matching in Informal Financial Institutions
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8, (5), 947-988 View citations (13)
26. Sorting and Decentralized Price Competition
    Econometrica, 2010, 78, (2), 539-574 View citations (138)
    See also Working Paper Sorting and decentralized price competition, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2010) View citations (120) (2010)
27. Sorting versus screening: Search frictions and competing mechanisms
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2010, 145, (4), 1354-1385 View citations (64)
    See also Working Paper Sorting versus screening: search frictions and competing mechanisms, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2010) View citations (65) (2010)

2009

28. Bargaining over Public Goods
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2009, 11, (6), 927-945 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Bargaining Over Public Goods, Working Papers (2009) View citations (7) (2009)
29. Gibrat's Law for (All) Cities: Reply
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (4), 1676-83 View citations (65)

2008

30. Competitive bargaining equilibrium
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2008, 139, (1), 269-294 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Competitive bargaining equilibrium, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2009) (2009)

2006

31. Minorities and Endogenous Segregation
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2006, 73, (1), 31-53 View citations (30)

2004

32. Gibrat's Law for (All) Cities
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (5), 1429-1451 View citations (398)

2003

33. Indeterminacy and directed search
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2003, 111, (2), 265-276 View citations (61)

2002

34. Knowledge Spillovers and Inequality
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (5), 1290-1307 View citations (87)

2000

35. On the uniqueness of stable marriage matchings
    Economics Letters, 2000, 69, (1), 1-8 View citations (75)

1999

36. Bilateral Search and Vertical Heterogeneity
    International Economic Review, 1999, 40, (4), 869-87 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper Bilateral Search and Vertical Heterogeneity, STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series (1996) View citations (2) (1996)
37. Educational Mobility: The Effect on Efficiency and Distribution
    Economica, 1999, 66, (263), 317-333

Chapters

2020

1. Comment on "Diverging Trends in National and Local Concentration"
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2020, volume 35, 2020, pp 151-166 View citations (1)