This paper studies the effect of hiring difficulties on firms' outcomes. We use a shift-share
identification strategy combining occupation-specific changes in the difficulty of filling job …

In this paper, we study common ownership in US labor markets, and document that common
ownership more than doubled over the period 1999–2017. To identify the causal effects of …

How much do workers making job-to-job transitions benefit from moving away from a
shrinking and towards a growing firm? Matched employer-employee data show that …

Using mobility report card data, I show the income gap between alumni of elite and less
selective universities widened for cohorts graduating during the Great Recession. This gap …

Using mobility report card data, I show graduates of less selective universities experience
more adverse impacts of graduating in a recession. I highlight one mechanism: during …

Rapid technological progress has led to a strong debate about its impact on the labor
market. Concerns revolve around the displacement effect of technology leading to higher …