Job Market Seminar

"Automation and the Future of Work: Assessing the Role of Labor Flexibility"

"Tell Me What You Grow and I'll Tell You What You Think: Westward Expansion and the Politics of Slavery in the US South" (joint with Federico Masera) Abstract: Slavery had long been one of the dominant labor institutions before its demise in the nineteenth century. This paper shows that changing economic interests determined shifts in…

"Worth your weight: experimental evidence on the benefits of obesity in low-income countries" Abstract: This paper provides experimental evidence on the instrumental value of status signals in poor countries. I study the wealth-signaling value and associated financial benefits of obesity, a sign of status in many low-resource settings. My empirical strategy leverages two experiments that…

"Immigrants, Legal Status, and Illegal Trade"

"Differences in On-the-Job Learning Across Firms"

"Flexible Wages, Bargaining, and The Gender Gap"

"Industrial clusters in the long run: Evidence from Million-Rouble plants in China"

"House Price Cycles, Wealth Inequality and Portfolio Reshuffling"

"Secondary School Expansion through Televised Lessons: The Labor Market Returns of the Mexican Telesecundaria"

"Hassles and Environmental Health Screenings: Evidence from Lead Tests in Illinois"

"Strategic Campaign Communication : Evidence from 30,000 Candidate Manifestos"

"Entering the Major Leagues: The Effect of Import Competition from the United States on Workers and Firms in an Emerging Economy"

"Optimal Risk Sharing with Time Inconsistency and Long-Run Risk"

"Sorting into Neighborhoods: The Role of Minimum Lot Sizes"

"Profit Sharing as a Bargaining Weapon Against Unions"

"The Pricing Kernel is U-shaped"

"Time-Varying Global Dollar Risk  in Currency Markets"

"Correlations, Value Factor Returns, and Growth Options"

"How Integrated Are Corporate Bond and Stock Markets?"

"Valuing Flexibility: A Model of Discretionary Rest Breaks"