Working papers:
Improving Official Employment Statistics: New Insights from Private-sector Data
(with André Kurmann)
PDF file (coming soon) | Abstract (NBER EMRI conference version)
The College Premium Rollercoaster and the Rebound of Lifetime Wage Growth: A Structural Analysis
(with Raquel Fonseca, François Langot and Thepthida Sopraseuth)
PDF file (September 2025) | Online appendix
Refereed publications:
Zero-hours Contracts in a Frictional Labor Market
The Economic Journal, forthcoming. (with Juan J. Dolado and Hélène Turon)
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix | CEPR VideoVox
Job Ladder and Wealth Dynamics in General Equilibrium
Econometrica, forthcoming. (with Leo Kaas and Nawid Siassi)
Published version | Manuscript | Picture summary
When Neighbors Stop Knocking: The Impact of Canada's 2025 Tourism Decline on U.S. Local Labor Markets
Journal of International Economics, Vol. 162, August 2026. (with André Kurmann and Julien Martin)
Published version | Manuscript | VoxEU column | ProMarket column | Media coverage: La Presse, Radio Canada, The Globe and Mail
Disincentive Effects of Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol 161, July 2026. (with Andreas Hornstein, Marios Karabarbounis, André Kurmann and Lien Ta)
Published version | Manuscript | Online Appendix | Richmond Fed Economic Brief
Life-cycle Worker Flows and Cross-country Differences in Aggregate Employment
Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 159, April 2026. (with Jonathan Créchet and Linas Tarasonis)
Published version | Manuscript | Online Appendix | Data
Search and Multiple Jobholding
Economic Theory, Vol. 80, November 2025, Pages 891-939.
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix | Upjohn Institute Policy Brief
Measuring Small Business Dynamics and Employment with Private-sector Real-time Data
Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 250(C), October 2025. (with André Kurmann and Lien Ta)
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix | Video | Media coverage: Wall Street Journal, again and again; Politico
School Closures and Effective In-Person Learning during COVID-19
Economics of Education Review, Vol. 95(C), August 2023. (with André Kurmann)
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix | Video | Data
The Fiscal and Welfare Effects of Policy Responses to the COVID-19 School Closures
IMF Economic Review, Vol. 71, March 2023, Pages 35-98. (with Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Dirk Krueger, André Kurmann, Alexander Ludwig and Irina Popova)
Published version | Manuscript | NBER research spotlight
On the Evolution of Multiple Jobholding in Canada
Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 55(2), May 2022, Pages 1095-1134. (with Olena Kostyshyna)
Published version | Manuscript | Earlier IZA working paper related to this research
From Dual to Unified Employment Protection: Transition and Steady State
Quantitative Economics, Vol. 12(2), May 2021, Pages 547-585. (with Juan J. Dolado and Nawid Siassi)
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix | Computer codes
The Ins and Outs of Involuntary Part-time Employment
Labour Economics, Vol. 67(C), December 2020. (with Daniel Borowczyk-Martins)
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix | Data | Discussion paper that preceded this research
Labor-market Frictions, Incomplete Insurance and Severance Payments
Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 31, January 2019, Pages 411-435.
Published version | Manuscript | Computer codes
Employment Adjustment and Part-time Work: Lessons from the United States and the United Kingdom
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Vol. 11(1), January 2019, Pages 389-435. (with Daniel Borowczyk-Martins)
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix | AEA research highlight
Turbulence and the Employment Experience of Older Workers
Quantitative Economics, Vol. 9(2), July 2018, Pages 735-784.
Published version | Manuscript | Supplemental note
Loss of Skill and Labor Market Fluctuations
Labour Economics, Vol. 50(C, 'Search in macroeconomics'), March 2018, Pages 20-31.
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix | Link to coverage on NEP-DGE Blog
The Welfare Effects of Involuntary Part-time Work
Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 70(1), January 2018, Pages 183-205. (with Daniel Borowczyk-Martins)
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix | Data | Link to coverage on NEP-DGE Blog
Worker Reallocation across Occupations: Confronting Data with Theory
Labour Economics, Vol. 44(C), January 2017, Pages 51-68.
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix
Better Residential than Ethnic Discrimination! Reconciling Audit and Interview Findings in the Parisian Housing Market
Urban Studies, Vol. 53(13), October 2016, Pages 2815-2833. (with Francois Bonnet, Mirna Safi and Etienne Wasmer)
Published version | Manuscript | Online appendix | Non-technical summary in HTML and PDF
Trends in Occupational Mobility in France: 1982-2009
Labour Economics, Vol. 19(3), June 2012, Pages 373-387.
Published version | Manuscript
Other refereed publications:
Assessing Labor Market Conditions in Canada with Public-Use Microdata
Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 50(2), June 2024, Pages 217-231.
Published version | Manuscript
Evolutions récentes du travail à temps partiel en France ('On the Recent Dynamics of Part-time Employment in France')
Revue Française d'Economie, Vol. XXXIII, Juillet 2018, Pages 51-102. (with Idriss Fontaine and Alexis Parmentier)
Book chapter:
Technology and Globalization in the Post-COVID Economy
in J. L. Denis, C. Régis and D. M. Weinstock, editors, Pandemic Societies, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021. (with Sophie Osotimehin)
Trade Wars Have Kept Canadians Away and Cost American Jobs
ProMarket.org, April 2026. (with André Kurmann and Julien Martin)
Online version | Working paper
How did Pandemic UI Benefits Affect Employment Recovery in Local Industry Markets?
Richmond Fed Economic Brief, No. 22-44, November 2022. (with Andreas Hornstein, Marios Karabarbounis and André Kurmann)
Online version | Working paper
School Closures and Effective In-Person Learning during COVID-19: When, Where and for Whom
IZA World of Labor (Commentary), April 2022. (with André Kurmann)
Online version | IZA working paper
Sectoral Policies that can Help the Economy Recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Perspectives/Insights, CIRANO, August 2020. (with Sophie Osotimehin)
Published version | Manuscript | Media coverage: Options politiques
Real-time Evidence on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Canadian Labour Market
Perspectives/Insights, CIRANO, April 2020.
Published version | Manuscript | Media coverage: Le Devoir, La Presse
Multiple Jobholding: Knowing the Facts to Draw Proper Policy Conclusions
Policy Brief, W.E. Upjohn Institute, June 2019.
Published version | Upjohn Institute research highlight
Better Residential than Ethnic Discrimination! Comments by Robert Ellickson and David Laitin
LIEPP Methodological Discussion Paper, Number 5, September 2015. (with Francois Bonnet, Mirna Safi and Etienne Wasmer)
Published version | Manuscript
Multiple Jobholding over the Past Two Decades
Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 138, April 2015.
Published version (also available on the BLS website) | Manuscript | Media coverage: Fortune, Daily Signal, Quartz, MarketWatch
À la recherche du locataire « idéal » : du droit aux pratiques en région parisienne
Regards croisés sur l'Economie, Vol. 9, May 2011, Pages 216-227. (with Francois Bonnet, Mirna Safi and Etienne Wasmer)
Une mesure de la mobilité professionnelle en France
Addendum to Lemoine and Wasmer's Report on Flexicurity to the Council of Economic Advisers, May 2010, Pages 205-217.