Do firms that pay more offer better amenities, or does the greater pay compensate for worse
amenities? Using matched US employee-employer data, this paper estimates the joint …

Why is workplace sexual harassment chronically underreported? We hypothesize that
employers coerce victims into silence through the threat of a retaliatory firing, and test this …

While many management studies have documented the rise of alternative, nonemployment
working arrangements like the “gig” economy and electronic platforms, the application of …

This research paper explores the dynamic landscape of international research cooperation
and intellectual property (IP) management within materials science. It delves into …

Workers struggle to understand prospective employers. Through experienced workers'
volunteered reviews, Glassdoor is a platform seeking to provide information about …

We study whether firms value court enforceability of their workers' noncompete agreements
(NCAs), leveraging a 2020 Washington law that made NCAs unenforceable for workers …

Regulatory agencies overseeing the labor market often rely on worker complaints to direct
their inspections. However, if workers face differential barriers to complain, this system could …

The precipitous growth of remote work has given rise to a new phenomenon: the emergence
of relocation incentive programs that localities use to compete for the physical presence of …

This dissertation consists of three essays studying the extent to which subjective wellbeing
shapes behaviors and outcomes in the workplace and labor market. The first essay studies …

Using natural language processing techniques and millions of anonymous employee
reviews, I propose a novel measure of workplace harassment in US firms and investigate its …