Research
Publications
The Minimum Wage and Inequality, 2016
Journal of Labor Economics, Part 1, 34(1): 237-274.
Job Polarization and Structural Change (with Christian Siegel), 2018
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 10(1): 57-89.
Media: AEA Chart of the Week, Guardian, Japan Economic News.Job Polarization, Structural Transformation and Biased Technological Change (with Christian Siegel), 2019
Travail et Emploi special issue on Polarization(s) in Labour Markets, 157: 25-44.
Engines of Sectoral Labor Productivity Growth (with Christian Siegel), 2020
Review of Economic Dynamics
Biased Technological Change and Employment Reallocation (with Christian Siegel), 2020
Labour Economics Special Issue on 'Technology and the Labour Market'
Media: VoxEU column, ProMarket.orgCapital Flows in an Aging World (with Nicolas Coeurdacier and Stéphane Guibaud), 2022
Journal of International Economics
Working Papers
new Late Bloomers: The Aggregate Implications of Getting Education Later in Life (with Moshe Buchinsky and Pauline Corblet), 2023
CEPR Discussion Paper, DP18579
NBER Working Paper 31874
Media: NBER Digest, Brookings Chalkboard, VoxEU column
Technological Changes, the Labor Market, and Schooling - A General Equilibrium Model with Multidimensional Individual Skills (with Moshe Buchinsky and Tamás K. Papp), 2021 new version coming soon
updated The Two Faces of Worker Specialization (with Kerstin Holzheu), 2024
CEPR Discussion Paper, DP18320
NB: This paper is a radically revised version of "Worker Specialization and Displaced Workers".
Disentangling Occupation- and Sector-specific Technological Change (with Christian Siegel), 2018
CEPR Discussion Paper, DP12663
NB: This paper is jointly superseded by "Engines of Sectoral Labor Productivity Growth" and "Biased Technological Change and Employment Reallocation".Self-employment and Tax Evasion: Evidence from Industry–occupation Data, 2019
Work in Progress
Worker Specialization and the Aggregate Economy (with Kerstin Holzheu), August 2022 draft coming soon
Late Bloomers? Getting Education Later in Life: Causes and Consequences (with Moshe Buchinsky and Pauline Corblet), November 2022 draft coming soon
The Decline of the Labor Share and the Structure of Employment (with Christian Siegel and Aseem Patel), February 2024
Vertical and Horizontal Innovation (with Sang Yoon (Tim) Lee), December 2023
Dormant Projects
Some Tax Evasion - More Redistribution: A Political Economy Model of Tax Evasion
Income Inequality and the Progressivity of Taxes in a Coalition Formation Model
Increasing Skill Premium and Skill Supply - Steady State Effects or Transition?