Peer-Reviewed 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
Under Revision
Optimal Paternalistic Savings Policies [UPDATED—February 2025]
with Pedro Olea de Souza e Silva
revise & resubmit (second round), Econometrica
also available on SSRN & as FRB Minneapolis OIGI Working Paper No. 17
The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences [UPDATED—November 2024]
with Iacopo Morchio
revised & resubmitted, American Economic Review
also available on SSRN & as NBER Working Paper No. 32408 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16383 & IZA Discussion Paper No. 16409 & CESifo Working Paper No. 11617 & FRB Minneapolis OIGI Working Paper No. 78
Credit Supply, Firms, and Earnings Inequality [UPDATED—May 2024]
with Farzad Saidi & Benjamin Wirth & Stefanie Wolter
revise & resubmit, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
also available on SSRN & as CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16123
Working Papers
A Theory of Labor Markets with Inefficient Turnover [UPDATED—February 2025]
with Andrés Blanco & Andrés Drenik & Emilio Zaratiegui
also available on SSRN & as NBER Working Paper No. 32409 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 17808 & IZA Discussion Paper No. 16121 & FRB Minneapolis OIGI Working Paper No. 66
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 & FRB Minneapolis OIGI Working Paper No. 88
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
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
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