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 & with online appendix & NBER Working Paper No. 28831 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16143 & FRB Minneapolis OIGI Working Paper No. 7
see GitHub repository for replication code and materials

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]
also available on SSRN & as CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16118
part of the Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) Project
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]
also available on SSRN & as NBER Working Paper No. 29696 & CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16117 & with online appendix and replication package
part of the Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) Project

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 GitHub repository for replication code and materials

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 GitHub repository for replication code and materials

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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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