Research

Publications:

The Global Distribution of College Graduate Quality   (Data on Graduate Quality by College)  

with Paolo Martellini and Todd Schoellman, (2024) Journal of Political Economy, 132 (2), 434-483. 

Summary Brief: Comparing colleges—and their students—across the globe (Minneapolis Fed) 

Blog Post: Who wins the global talent race?

Media Coverage in The Tribune India

What's the Inside Scoop? Challenges in the Supply and Demand for Information on Employers     

with Aaron Sojourner, (2023) Journal of Labor Economics 41 (4), 1041-1079. 

Media Coverage in The Financial Times

The Cyclicality of Sales, Regular, and Effective Prices: Business Cycles and Policy Implications: Comment    

with Etienne Gagnon and David López-Salido, (2017) American Economic Review 107 (10), 3229-3242.

Do Employees Cheer for Private Equity? The Heterogeneous Effects of Buyouts on Job Quality     

with Will Gornall, Oleg Gredil, Sabrina T. Howell, and Xing Liu, Management Science, Forthcoming.

Working Papers:

We've Got You Covered: Employer and Employee Responses to Dobbs v. Jackson  (R&R Econometrica)

with Pawel Adrjan, Svenja Gudell, Emily Nix, Allison Shrivastava, and Evan Starr.  IZA Discussion Paper 16360. (2023) 

Summary Brief: Jobs after Dobbs: How Public Support for Female Employees Both Helped and Hurt Some Employers After Roe v. Wade Was Overturned (Indeed Hiring Lab), Woke Jobs After Dobbs? (Glassdoor), Woke Jobs After Dobbs? (IZA Newsroom). 

Media Coverage in The Economist, Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, MarketWatch, The Hill, NBC News, Le Monde, HR Brew, TechTarget, Worklife, Maryland Today, Myrtle News, Jezebel, Bollyinside.

Sharing is Caring: Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Employee Well-Being in U.S. Manufacturing (R&R ILR Review)

with Adrianto, Avner Ben-Ner, and Ainhoa Urtasun. IZA Discussion Paper 17644. (2024) 

Media Coverage in HR Reporter.

Caught in the Act: How Corporate Scandals Hurt Employees  (R&R Review of Finance)

with Salil Gadgil. (2020) 

Show Me the Amenity: Are Higher-Paying Firms Better All Around?   

CESifo Working Paper 9842. (2022) 

Media Coverage in The Economist, more The Economist. 

Non-Disclosure Agreements and Externalities from Silence   

with Aaron Sojourner and Evan Starr. Upjohn Institute Working Paper 22-360. (2021) 

Summary Brief: How Do Broad Non-Disclosure Agreements Affect Labor Markets? (Upjohn Institute) 

Newsletter:  Upjohn Employment Research

Op-Ed in The Washington Post

Media Coverage in The Financial Times, Star Tribune, Forbes

Best Paper Award at 2022 Strategy Science Conference 

Variable Pay and Risk Sharing between Firms and Workers 

with Michael Sockin, IZA Discussion Paper 17644. (2025) 

A Pay Scale of Their Own: Gender Differences in Variable Pay 

with Michael Sockin, CESifo Working Paper 11608. (2025) 

Media Coverage in Forbes, Crikey

Job Characteristics, Employee Demographics, and the Cross-Section of Performance Pay 

with Michael Sockin. (2019) 

Works in Progress:

Interviews (with Elliott Ash and Soumitra Shukla)

Will I Ever Be Satisfied? Job Quality and Unionization (with Aaron Sojourner)

Dancing with the Stars: How Workers Respond to Politically-Charged Job Ads (with Pawel Adrjan, Mária Balgová, Simon Jäger, and Jonas Jessen)

Non-Wage Amenities and the Minimum Wage (with Aaron Sojourner)

Made from Scratch: SNAP and Lottery Sales (with Mallick Hossain)

Insights:

Mapping the American Rescue Plan

with Richard Sweeney, Theodore F. Figinski, and Sydney Keenan, Office of Economic Policy Working Paper 2024-01. (2024) 

True Potential: Improving the High Potential Individual Visa   

with Sam Dumitriu, The Entrepreneurs Network. (2022)

Why Do Candidates Reject Job Offers? An Analysis of International Data from Glassdoor    

with Daniel Zhao, Glassdoor Economic Research. (2020)

Media Coverage in The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion, Inc. - How To Hire The Best, Bizwomen, BBC News Worklife, HR Dive, more HR Dive, Human Resources Online, Becker's Hospital Review, Baton Rouge Business Report

"Limited Attention" and Inflation Expectations of Households     

with Claudia Sahm, FEDS Notes. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 19. (2016)

Blog Posts:

College Employment and Student Performance

Penn Wharton Budget Model, October. (2021)

Is Income Implicit in Measures of Student Ability?

Penn Wharton Budget Model, September. (2021)

Household Finance and Post-Secondary Enrollment

Penn Wharton Budget Model, September. (2021)

Student Ability and Post-Secondary Outcomes

Penn Wharton Budget Model, September. (2021)

Who Attends Community College?

Penn Wharton Budget Model, August. (2021)

Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats? Trends in Wage Growth and Inequality Across Jobs

Glassdoor Economic Research, October. (2018)

Does a Lower Minimum Wage for Tip-Earning Workers Affect Total Pay?

Glassdoor Economic Research, August. (2018)