This paper extends the monopsony literature by taking a task-based approach and
estimating the causal effect of concentration on labour market outcomes. Using detailed …

Economic shocks occur frequently and may cause individuals to reevaluate key life
decisions in ways that have lasting consequences for themselves and the broader economy …

In this paper, I examine leisure complementarities in the joint retirement decisions of couples
by quantifying the effect of the 2011 Norwegian pension reform. The reform abolished an …

We study the effect of job search monitoring (JSM) on individual labor market outcomes of
the long-term unemployed. Exploiting the implementation of a JSM program targeted at …

We study joint retirement and its underlying determinants. First, we use full-population data
from Denmark and a discontinuity design to document joint retirement at the early pension …

We study the effect of an increase in the UK state pension age from 65 to 66, a high level
internationally, on labour market activity. Despite there being limited financial incentives to …

We combine exogenous variation in union membership with detailed administrative data
and a novel field survey to estimate the career effects of labor union membership. In the …

This paper provides the first evidence on the labor supply response to negative income
shocks among full-time retirees, exploiting an institutional feature that caused differential …

The first year after childbirth involves dramatic changes to parents' lives and is crucial for
children's development. Using plausibly exogenous job loss from mass layoffs and …

We study the welfare implications of employment protection for older workers, exploiting
recent bans on mandatory retirement across Canadian provinces. Using linked employer …