Publications

Firm Pay Dynamics

with Niklas Engbom & Jan Sauermann
Journal of Econometrics, 2023, 233(2): 396-423 [special issue]
also available on SSRN & as NBER Working Paper No. 29697 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16922 & IZA Discussion Paper No. 15014 & IFAU Working Paper No. 2021:21
see GitHub repository for replication code and materials

Earnings Inequality and the Minimum Wage: Evidence from Brazil

with Niklas Engbom
American Economic Review, 2022, 112(12): 3803-3847 [lead article]
also available on SSRN & as NBER Working Paper No. 28831 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16143 & FRB Minneapolis OIGI Working Paper No. 7
see online appendix and replication package

The Evolution of the Earnings Distribution in a Volatile Economy: Evidence from Argentina

with Andrés Blanco & Bernardo Díaz de Astarloa & Andrés Drenik & Danilo Trupkin
Quantitative Economics, 2022, 13(4): 1361-1403 [special issue]
part of the Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) Project
also available on SSRN & as CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16118
see replication package

Earnings Inequality and Dynamics in the Presence of Informality: The Case of Brazil

with Niklas Engbom & Gustavo Gonzaga & Roberta Olivieri
Quantitative Economics, 2022, 13(4): 1405-1446 [special issue]
part of the Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) Project
also available on SSRN & as NBER Working Paper No. 29696 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16117
see replication package

Pandemic Lockdown: The Role of Government Commitment

with Pierre Yared
Review of Economic Dynamics, 2022, 46: 27-50
also available on SSRN & as NBER Working Paper No. 27062 & FRB Minneapolis Staff Report No. 627 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16384 & COVID Economics Issue 17
see replication package

Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil

with Jorge Alvarez & Felipe Benguria & Niklas Engbom
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2018, 10(1): 149-189
also available on SSRN & as IMF Working Paper No. 17/278
see replication package

Returns to Education Through Access to Higher-Paying Firms: Evidence from US Matched Employer-Employee Data

with Niklas Engbom
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 2017, 107(5): 374-378
also available on SSRN


Under Revision

Optimal Paternalistic Savings Policies [UPDATED—January 2019]

with Pedro Olea de Souza e Silva
revise & resubmit (second round), Econometrica
also available on SSRN & as FRB Minneapolis OIGI Working Paper No. 17


Working Papers

Meritocracy across Countries [NEW—April 2024]

with Oriana Bandiera & Ananya Kotia & Ilse Lindenlaub & Andrea Prat
also available on SSRN & as NBER Working Paper No. 32375 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19007 & IZA Discussion Paper No. 16938

A Theory of Labor Markets with Inefficient Turnover [UPDATED—April 2024]

with Andrés Blanco & Andrés Drenik & Emilio Zaratiegui
also available on SSRN & as NBER Working Paper No. 32409 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 17808 & FRB Minneapolis OIGI Working Paper No. 66 & IZA Discussion Paper No. 16121

The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences [UPDATED—August 2023]

with Iacopo Morchio
also available on SSRN & as NBER Working Paper No. 32408 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16383 & IZA Discussion Paper No. 16409 & FRB Minneapolis OIGI Working Paper No. 78

Credit Supply, Firms, and Earnings Inequality [UPDATED—January 2023]

with Farzad Saidi & Benjamin Wirth & Stefanie Wolter
also available on SSRN & as CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16123

Pay, Employment, and Dynamics of Young Firms [UPDATED—July 2019]

with Tania Babina & Wenting Ma & Paige Ouimet & Rebecca Zarutskie
also available on SSRN & as FRB Minneapolis OIGI Working Paper No. 21


Works in Progress

International Inequality and Fiscal Policy Cycles
with Mark Aguiar & Mikhail Golosov & Ali Shourideh


Other Publications

Firms as Drivers of (In-)Equality

Proceedings of the New Entrepreneurial Growth Conference, 2016, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City
also available on SSRN

How Could Wage Inequality Within and Across Enterprises be Reduced?

Global Wage Report 2016/17: Wage Inequality in the Workplace, 2016, International Labour Organization, Geneva
also available on SSRN