(Not) Thinking about the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply (joint with Ursina Schaede, Michaela Slotwinski, and Anne Brenøe) (AEA RCT Registry 0010399)
Forthcoming at Quarterly Journal of Economics
"The Impact of Children’s Health Shocks on Parents’ Labor Earnings and Mental Health" (joint with Anne-Lise Breivik)
Forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics
"The Causal Effect of an Income Shock on Children's Human Capital" (joint with Cristina Borra, Libertad González and Almudena Sevilla-Sanz)
Journal of Labor Economics, 44 (2026)
"The Long-Run Effects of Cesarean Sections" (joint with Ana Rodríguez-González, Mika Kortelainen and Lauri Sääksvuori)
Journal of Human Resources, 57 (2022)
"It's About Time: Cesarean Sections and Neonatal Health" (joint with Ana Rodríguez-González, Miquel Serra-Burriel and Carlos Campillo-Artero)
Journal of Health Economics, 59 (2018)
Revise & Resubmit at the Economic Journal
Non-Toxic Peers: Long-Run Returns from an Anti-Bullying Program (joint with Tabea Braun, Ana Rodríguez-González, Ursina Schaede, and Christina Salmivalli)
We study the long-run impacts of a randomized anti-bullying intervention, the KiVa program, in Finnish schools. We link the RCT survey data for 15,000 pupils attending grades 7-9 to comprehensive administrative records on educational and labor market outcomes in adulthood. Treated students experience gains in human capital attainment and labor market outcomes: they are more likely to enroll in academic high school, obtain a university degree, and earn higher wages by ages 27-29. We find that these gains accrue to all groups of pupils, irrespective of gender or social role in the classroom. Evidence suggests that reductions in bullying, particularly among boys, leading to a more positive learning environment for all groups of pupils are the main driver behind these effects.
Happily Under-Insured Ever After? The Role of Beliefs in Household Specialization (joint with Ursina Schaede, Michaela Slotwinski, and Johannes Stupperich)
(AEA RCT Registry 0012494, e-mail for draft)
This paper establishes a causal link between women's beliefs around separation and labor market investment choices. We randomly manipulate beliefs about divorce in a large-scale field experiment with Swiss female teachers who are mothers and currently in a relationship. The intervention, delivered via a documentary-style video with real protagonists, aims to make both the possibility and consequences of separation relatable. The treatment increases women's insurance against the risks of separation both along financial and employment margins. Treated women are 55% more likely to sign up for an incentivized savings tool that allows users to assess compensation payments within the couple, and plan to work more in the future. One year after the intervention, treated women have reduced their level of specialization: they increase work hours by 3% as measured in administrative records of the employer. Women with low levels of insurance against separation at baseline adjust their employment level upwards by 7% relative to the control group mean.
Job Promotions and Family Well-being (joint with Ana Rodríguez-González, Helena Svaleryd, and Anna Thoresson)
Childcare Subsidies and Maternal Labor Supply: A Field Experiment (joint with Ursina Schaede and Michaela Slotwinski (Baseline completed. AEA RCT Registry 0013838)