Research Papers
Working Papers
Jakobsen, K., Jorgensen, T and Low, H. (2022) "Fertility and Family Labor Supply" Department of Economics, University of Oxford Working Paper R&R American Economic Review
Low, H., Meghir, C., Pistaferri, L. and Voena, A. (2022) “Marriage, labor supply and the dynamics of the social safety net” NBER Working Paper 24356 R&R 2nd round, Journal of Political Economy
Low, H. and Pistaferri, L. (2022) "Disability insurance: error rates and gender differences" NBER Working Paper 26513 R&R 2nd round, Journal of Political Economy
Gallipoli, G., Low, H. and Mitra, A. (2022) "Consumption and Income Inequality across Generations" Working Papers 2020-061, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group. R&R Journal of Labor Economics
Crossley, T., Levell, P. and Low, H. (2022) "House Price Rises and Borrowing to Invest" Institute for Fiscal Studies Working Paper 20/2 R&R Journal of Economics Behavior and Organisation
Blundell, R., Gu,R., Leth-Petersen, S., Low, H and C. Meghir (2021) "Durables and Lemons: Private Information and the Market for Cars" NBER Working Paper 26281 R&R Quantitative Economics
Low, H. and Sanchez-Marcos, V. (2023) "Winners and Losers of House Price Booms and Busts" R&R Labor Economics
Older Working Papers
Benzeval,M., Burton,J., Crossley,T.F., Fisher,P., Jäckle,A., Low,H and Read,B. (2020) "The Idiosyncratic Impact of an Aggregate Shock The Distributional Consequences of COVID-19" University of Oxford Discussion Paper 911
Crossley, T.F., Low, H., O'Dea, C. and C. Sleeman (2016) "Using a Temporary Indirect Tax Cut as a Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence from the UK.'' Institute for Fiscal Studies Working Paper
Alan, S., Crossley, T. and Low, H. (2015) "Saving on a rainy day, borrowing for a rainy day" Institute for Fiscal Studies Working Paper; Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
Bottazzi, R., Low, H. and M. Wakefield, (2009) "Why do home owners work longer hours?" Institute for Fiscal Studies Working Paper 07-10
Publications
Crossley, T., Fisher,P., Levell, P. and Low, H. (2023) "Stimulus Payments and Private Transfers" Economic Letters
Crossley, T., Fisher,P., Levell, P. and Low, H. (2022) "A year of COVID: the evolution of labour market and financial inequalities through the crisis" Oxford Economic Papers
Crossley, T., Fisher, P. , Levell, P. and Low,H. (2021) "MPCs in an economic crisis: spending, saving and private transfers" Journal of Public Economics Plus [Open Access]
Crossley,T., Fisher, P. and Low, H. (2021) "The heterogenous and regressive consequences of COVID-19: Evidence from high quality panel data" Journal of Public Economics
Kovacs, A., Low, H. and Moran, P. (2021) "Estimating Temptation and Commitment over the Life-Cycle" International Economic Review
Low, H. and Pistaferri, L. (2020) "Disability Insurance: Theoretical Trade-Offs and Empirical Evidence" Fiscal Studies 41(1): 129-164
Attanasio, O., Levell, P., Low, H. and Sanchez-Marcos, V. (2018) "Aggregating Elasticities: Intensive and Extensive Margins of Women's Labour Supply” Econometrica, 86(6): 2049-2082
Fisher, H. and Low, H. (2018) "Divorce early or divorce late? The long term financial consquences" Australian Journal of Family Law 32
Low, H. and Meghir, C. (2017) “The use of structural models in econometrics” Journal of Economic Perspectives 31(2): 33-5
Aidt, T., Lili J. and Low, H. (2017) “Are prices enough? The economics of material demand reduction” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 375
Crossley, T., Low, H. and Smith, S. (2016) “Do Consumers Gamble to Convexify?”Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation 134:60-77
Fisher, H. and Low, H. (2016) “Recovery from Divorce: Comparing High and Low Income Couples” International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 30(3): 338-371
Low, H. and Pistaferri, L. (2015) “Disability Insurance and the Dynamics of the Incentive-Insurance Trade-off” American Economic Review 105(10): 2986-3029
Low, H. and Sanchez-Marcos,V. (2015) “Female labour market outcomes and the impact of maternity leave policies” IZA Journal of Labour Economics 4:14
Fisher, H. and Low, H. (2015) "Does marriage matter? Financial implications of relationship breakdown" Review of Economics of the Household 13(4): 735-769
Crossley, T. and Low, H. (2014) "Job loss, credit constraints and consumption growth" Review of Economics and Statistics 9(5): 876-884
Ball, S. and Low, H. (2014) "Do Self-Insurance and Disability Insurance Prevent Consumption Loss on Disability?" Economica, 81: 468-490
Crossley, T., Low, H. and O'Dea, C. (2013), "Household consumption through recent recessions" Fiscal Studies 34(2): 203-229
Blundell, R., Low, H. and Preston, I. (2013) "Decomposing changes in income risk using consumption data" Quantitative Economics 4: 1--37
Attanasio, O., Botazzi, R., Low, H., Nesheim, L. and M. Wakefield (2012) "Modelling the demand for housing over the life-cycle" Review of Economic Dynamics, 15(1):1-18
Crossley,T. and H. Low (2011) "Borrowing constraints, the cost of precautionary saving, and unemployment insurance" International Tax and Public Finance, 18(6): 658-687
Crossley,T. and H. Low (2011) "Is the elasticity of intertemporal substitution constant?" Journal of the European Economic Association 9(1): 87--106
Low, H., Meghir, C. and Pistaferri, L (2010) “Wage risk and employment risk over the life cycle” American Economic Review 100(4): 1432--1467
Crossley,T., Low, H. and M. Wakefield (2009) "The economics of a temporary cut in VAT" Fiscal Studies 30(1): 3--16
Attanasio, O., Low, H. and Sanchez-Marcos, V. (2008) "Explaining changes in female labour supply in a life-cycle model" American Economic Review 98(4): 1517--1552
Low, H. (2005) "Self-insurance in a life-cycle model of labour supply and savings" Review of Economic Dynamics Vol. 8 (4): 945-975
Attanasio, O., Low, H. and Sanchez-Marcos (2005) "Female labour supply as insurance against idiosyncratic risk" Journal of the European Economic Association Vol. 3 (2-3): 755-764
Attanasio O and Low, H (2004), "Estimating Euler Equations", Review of Economic Dynamics 7: 406-435
Low, H and Maldoom, D (2004), "Optimal taxation, prudence and risk sharing," Journal of Public Economics 88: 443-464
Araki, K. and Low, H. (2000) "Convention selection with local interaction" Sociological Methods and Research Vol 28(3): 312-341