(Not) Thinking about the Future: Financial Awareness and Maternal Labor Supply (joint with Ursina Schaede, Michaela Slotwinski, and Anne Brenøe) (AEA RCT Registry 0010399)
Accepted at Quarterly Journal of Economics
The Oral Contraceptive Pill, Adolescents’ Mental Health and Socio-Economic Outcomes (joint with Meltem Daysal and Ana Rodríguez-González)
Revise & Resubmit at the Economic Journal
"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)
The Long-Run Effects of a School Anti-Bullying Intervention (joint with Tabea Braun, Ana Rodríguez-González, Ursina Schaede, and Christina Salmivalli)
We study the long-run effects of a large-scale school-based anti-bullying intervention. KiVa, first implemented in Finnish compulsory schools, aims to reduce bullying by shifting bystanders’ attitudes and behaviors. We link rich survey data from the original randomized controlled trial with comprehensive administrative records to track children’s educational and labor market outcomes. We find that treated students are more likely to enroll in academic high school and obtain a university degree. In early adulthood (ages 27-29), they also earn higher wages. We document reductions in bullying, particularly among boys, as well as improvements in school climate and student grades.
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)