Research

Working Papers

We've Got You Covered: Employer and Employee Responses to Dobbs v. Jackson (with Svenja Gudell, Emily Nix, Allison Shrivastava, Jason Sockin & Evan Starr, IZA Discussion Paper No. 16360, last revised August 2023) New version coming soon

Media coverage: Bloomberg, The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, HR Brew, MarketWatch, Le Monde, NBC News, WorkLife

What Do Wages in Online Job Postings Tell Us about Wage Growth? (with Reamonn Lydon, last revised Dec 2023)

Accepted, Research in Labor Economics (RLE), Special Issue on Big Data in Labor Market Research, 2024

Media coverage: Bloomberg, Cinco Días, El Economista, Financial Times, Het Financieele Dagblad, El País, La Repubblica, Reuters, RTÉ

Policymaker citations: Bank of England, Central Bank of Ireland, ECB, Fed

Working From Home after COVID-19: Evidence from Job Postings in 20 Countries (with Gabriele Ciminelli, Alexandre Judes, Michael Koelle, Cyrille Schwellnus & Tara Sinclair, last revised December 2022)  New version coming soon 

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Media coverage: BFM TV, Bloomberg, more Bloomberg, Economic Times, Le Figaro, Irish Times, RTÉ, Süddeutsche Zeitung, SVT, Wall Street Journal


Publications

Unlocked Potential: Work-from-Home Job Postings in 20 OECD Countries. 2023.  AEA Papers and Proceedings, 113: 604-08 (with Gabriele Ciminelli, Alexandre Judes, Michael Koelle, Cyrille Schwellnus & Tara Sinclair)


Policy Papers

Wage Growth in Europe: Evidence from Job Ads, Central Bank of Ireland Economic Letters, Vol. 2022, No. 7 (with Reamonn Lydon)

COVID-19 and the Global Labour Market: Impact on Job Postings, Central Bank of Ireland Economic Letters, Vol. 2020, No.  3 (with Reamonn Lydon)

Clicks and Jobs: Measuring Labour Market Tightness Using Online Data, Central Bank of Ireland Economic Letters, Vol. 2019, No. 6 (with Reamonn Lydon)


Selected Blog Posts

For my latest posts, see the Indeed Hiring Lab Blog.

Wage Growth Continues to Slow in the UK and Euro Area, Indeed Hiring Lab, January 2023 (with Reamonn Lydon)

Brain Gain or Drain? How Shifts in International Job Search Are Accelerating Global Competition for Talent, Indeed Hiring Lab, July 2022 (with Annina Hering, Alexandre Judes & Alassane-Anand Ndour)

Teleworking is here to stay and may raise productivity if implemented appropriately, VoxEU, February 2022 (with Cyrille Schwellnus, Tara Sinclair, Francesco Losma, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Michael Koelle, Timo Leidecker, Alexandre Judes, Peter Gal, Chiara Criscuolo & Gabriele Ciminelli)

International Jobseeker Interest in Britain is Changing After Brexit, Indeed Hiring Lab, June 2021 (with Jack Kennedy)

There's a Gay Wage Gap - and It's Linked to Discrimination, The Conversation, April 2021

Where in the UK Is Job Posting Recovery Strongest?, Indeed Hiring Lab, April 2021 (with Elena Magrini) 

After the Boom? COVID-19 and European City Labour Markets, Indeed Hiring Lab, February 2021 (with Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp)


Older Working Papers

Risky Business? Earnings Prospects of Employees at Young Firms, University of Oxford Department of Economics Discussion Paper No. 852, June 2018, Online Appendix

Pension Shocks and Wages, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1536, March 2018 (with Brian Bell)

The Mightier, the Stingier: Firms’ Market Power, Capital Intensity, and the Labor Share of Income, MPRA Paper No. 83925, January 2018