(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)
Forthcoming, Journal of Labor Economics
"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.
Investment in the Labor Market and Household Income Pooling (joint with Ursina Schaede, Michaela Slotwinski, and Johannes Stupperich)
(AEA RCT Registry 0012494, Baseline and Follow Up completed)
We document several stylized facts about divorce perceptions and household specialization: First, women are over-optimistic about their own divorce likelihood and over-estimate claims to their partner’s income post-divorce, suggesting that current specialization patterns are not optimal. Second, lower own divorce expectations correlate with lower career aspirations. Third, women who have been exposed to divorce and its financial implications in their close environment are better informed and specialize less in home production. Based on these insights, we develop a testimonial intervention that emulates learning from a divorce experience and measure its impact on household bargaining and career investment.
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)