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Bartik Instruments: What, When, Why, and How
The American Economic Review, 2020 The Bartik instrument is formed by interacting local industry shares and national industry growth rates. We show that the typical use of a Bartik instrument assumes a pooled exposure research design, where the shares measure differential exposure to ...
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham +2 more
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Work from Home Before and After the COVID-19 Outbreak
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Working Papers, 2020 Based on novel survey data, we document a persistent rise in work from home (WFH) over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using theory and direct survey evidence, we argue that three-quarters of this increase reflects the adoption of new work ...
Alexander Bick, A. Blandin, K. Mertens
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Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019 Using Danish administrative data, we study the impacts of children on gender inequality in the labor market. The arrival of children creates a long-run gender gap in earnings of around 20 percent driven by hours worked, participation, and wage rates.
H. Kleven, Camille Landais, J. Søgaard
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Monopsony in Online Labor Markets
American Economic Review: Insights, 2020 Despite the seemingly low switching and search costs of on-demand labor markets like Amazon Mechanical Turk, we find substantial monopsony power, as measured by the elasticity of labor supply facing the requester (employer).
Arindrajit Dubé +3 more
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Working Remotely? Selection, Treatment, and the Market for Remote Work
Social Science Research NetworkHow does remote work affect productivity and how productive are workers who choose remote jobs? We decompose these effects in a Fortune 500 firm. Before COVID-19, remote workers answered 12 percent fewer calls per hour than on-site workers. After offices
Natalia Emanuel, Emma Harrington
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Labor Market Power, Self-Employment, and Development
Social Science Research NetworkThis paper shows that self-employment shapes labor market power in low-income countries, with implications for industrial development. Using Peruvian data, we find that wage-setting power increases with employer concentration but less so where self ...
Francesco Amodio +2 more
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Television, Health, and Happiness: A Natural Experiment in West Germany
Social Science Research NetworkWatching television is one of the most time-consuming human activities, but negative consequences on well-being discussed in previous research point to a prime example of irrational behavior.
A. Chadi, M. Hoffmann
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Breaking Gender Barriers: Experimental Evidence on Men in Pink-Collar Jobs
Social Science Research NetworkI investigate men’s limited entry into female-dominated sectors through a large-scale field experiment. The design exogenously varies recruitment messages by showing photographs of current workers (male or female) and providing information on the share ...
Alexia Delfino
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The Evolution of the Wage Elasticity of Labor Supply Over Time
Social Science Research NetworkIZA DP No. 16393 AUGUST 2023 The Evolution of the Wage Elasticity of Labor Supply over Time* The uncompensated wage elasticity of labor supply is a fundamental parameter in economics. Despite its central role, very few papers have studied directly how it
Todd E. Elder, Steven J. Haider, C. Orr
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The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages
Social Science Research Network, 2018 We document variation in working conditions in the United States, present estimates of how workers value these conditions, and assess the impact of working conditions on estimates of wage inequality.
Nicole Maestas +4 more
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