Publications
Labor Markets Macroeconomics
January 2026
A Theory of How Workers Keep Up With Inflation
with Hassan Afrouzi, Andres Blanco and Andres Drenik
Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2026
Labor Markets Macroeconomics
January 2026
The Macroeconomic Dynamics of Labor Market Policies
with Patrick Kehoe, Elena Pastorino, and Thomas Winberry
Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming
Human Capital Labor Markets Macroeconomics
April 2024
Task-Based Discrimination
American Economic Review, 2024, 114(6), 1723-68.
with Yona Rubinstein and Kazuatsu Shimizu
Housing Macroeconomics Regional & Urban Economics
November 2021
Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting
Review of Economic Studies, 2024, 91(2), 858-898
with Victor Couture, Cecile Gaubert, and Jessie Handbury
Human Capital Labor Markets
November 2021
College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 35(4), 223-48
with Carolyn Sloan and Dan Black
Labor Markets Macroeconomics
May 2021
Nominal Wage Adjustments during the Pandemic Recession
American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 111(5), 258-62
with John Grigsby, Ahu Yildirmaz, and Yulia Zhestkova
Labor Markets Macroeconomics Time Use
February 2021
Leisure Luxuries and the Labor Supply of Young Men
Journal of Political Economy, 129(2), 337-82
With Mark Aguiar, Mark Bils, and Kewin Charles
Labor Markets Macroeconomics
February 2021
Aggregate Nominal Wage Adjustments: New Evidence from Administrative Payroll Data
American Economic Review, 111(2), 428-71
With John Grigsby and Ahu Yildirmaz
Labor Markets Macroeconomics
August 2020
The U.S. Labor Market During the Beginning of the Pandemic Recession
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Summer 2020
With Tomaz Cajner, Leland Crane, Ryan Decker, John Grigsby, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Christopher Kurz, and Ahu Yildirmaz
Labor Markets Macroeconomics Regional & Urban Economics
November 2019
The Aggregate Implications of Regional Business Cycles
Econometrica, 87(6), 1789-1833
With Martin Beraja and Juan Ospina
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