Research
Working papers
Job Polarization and Structural Change (Joint with Christian Siegel)
Accepted for publication American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
Job polarization is a widely documented phenomenon in developed countries since the 1980s: employment has been shifting from middle to low- and high-income workers, while average wage growth has been slower for middle-income workers than at both extremes. We show that polarization has started as early as the 1950-60s in the US, and that this process is closely linked to the shift from manufacturing to services. Based on these observations we propose a structural change driven explanation for polarization. In order to analyze not only the evolution of employment shares, but also of relative wages, we extend one of the standard frameworks of structural change by modeling the sectoral choice of workers in a Roy-type setup. Introducing this novel feature does remarkably well in matching the sectoral labor market outcomes over the past 50 years.
The Minimum Wage and Inequality, 2016
Journal of Labor Economics Part 1, 34(1): 237-274.
Work in Progress
Fertility, Longevity and International Capital Flows (Joint with Nicolas Coeurdacier and Stephane Guibaud)
Tax Schemes and Evasion: the Self-employment Margin
Labor, Technological Advances and Schooling (Joint with Moshe Buchinsky)
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?