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Working Papers

2025

1. Background matters, but not whether parents are immigrants: outcomes of children born in Denmark
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
   Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2023) View citations (1)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2022) View citations (1)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2022) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Background Matters, but Not Whether Parents Are Immigrants: Outcomes of Children Born in Denmark, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2025) View citations (1) (2025)
2. Diversity and social capital within the workplace: Evidence from Britain
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016)
   See also Journal Article Diversity and social capital within the workplace: Evidence from Britain, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell (2025) (2025)
3. Estimating labour market power: the long and short of it
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
4. Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2025) View citations (13)
5. Monopsony and employer misoptimization explain why wages bunch at round numbers
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (18)
   See also Journal Article Monopsony and Employer Misoptimization Explain Why Wages Bunch at Round Numbers, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2025) View citations (3) (2025)
6. The immobile incumbent problem in a model of short-term wage-posting
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)

2024

7. Better work: whose business is it?
   CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
8. Ethnic minority and migrant pay gaps over the life-cycle
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article Ethnic minority and migrant pay gaps over the life-cycle, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
9. Immigration
   CEP Election Analysis Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
10. Immigration and vocational training: Evidence from England
    CVER Research Papers, Centre for Vocational Education Research
11. In brief... The discussion of immigration needs to improve
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
12. Only human? Immigration and firm productivity in Britain
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
13. Reservation wages and the wage flexibility puzzle
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2014) View citations (5)
    Working Papers, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance (2016) View citations (23)
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2016) View citations (25)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2016) View citations (26)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016) View citations (24)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2016) View citations (26)
14. Should I stay or should I go? Return migration from the United States
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2024)
15. Subjective job insecurity and the rise of the precariat: evidence from the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    See also Journal Article Subjective Job Insecurity and the Rise of the Precariat: Evidence from the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2024) View citations (2) (2024)

2023

16. Einwanderung klug, einfach und fair gestalten: Ein Vorschlag mit doppelter Dividende
    IZA Standpunkte, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
17. Growth and immigration: unpicking the confusion
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
18. Projecting UK net migration
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
19. The Wage Elasticity of Recruitment
    VfS Annual Conference 2023 (Regensburg): Growth and the "sociale Frage", Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2022) View citations (6)
    Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics (2022) View citations (6)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2022) View citations (5)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2022) View citations (1)
20. Vacancy Duration and Wages
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2023) View citations (4)
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2023) View citations (4)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023) View citations (1)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2023)

2022

21. Alternative Work Arrangements and Worker Outcomes: Evidence from Payrolling
    CPB Discussion Paper, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis View citations (4)
22. Jobs and wages
    CEP Insights, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
23. Residential mobility and unemployment in the UK
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2019) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Residential mobility and unemployment in the UK, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (5) (2022)
24. UK labour shortages and immigration: looking at the evidence
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2021

25. Commuting for crime
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2021)
    See also Journal Article Commuting for Crime, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2024) View citations (2) (2024)
26. Ethnic minorities and the UK labour market
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (4)
27. Income and the desire to migrate
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2021) View citations (6)
28. Marshall Lecture 2020: the measure of monopsony
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Marshall Lecture 2020: The Measure of Monopsony, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2021) View citations (28) (2021)
29. Monopsony in labor markets: a review
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (104)
    See also Journal Article Monopsony in Labor Markets: A Review, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2021) View citations (177) (2021)
30. The elusive employment effect of the minimum wage
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (74)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016) View citations (39)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2016) View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article The Elusive Employment Effect of the Minimum Wage, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (112) (2021)
31. The measure of monopsony
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (10)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2021) View citations (21)

2020

32. In brief... Monopsony in labour markets: what it is, why it matters
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
33. Monopsony and the wage effects of migration
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (33)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020) View citations (19)
34. Subjective job insecurity and the rise of the precariat: evidence from the UK, Germany and the United States
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2020) View citations (4)
35. The urban wage premium in imperfect labor markets
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (8)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2019) View citations (5)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019) View citations (4)
    IAB-Discussion Paper, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] (2019) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The Urban Wage Premium in Imperfect Labor Markets, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2022) View citations (17) (2022)

2019

36. Commuting, migration and local joblessness
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (6)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2019) View citations (7)
37. Diversity and neighbourhood satisfaction
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016) View citations (10)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2016) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Diversity and Neighbourhood Satisfaction, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2019) View citations (4) (2019)
38. Robot arithmetic: new technology and wages
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article Robot Arithmetic: New Technology and Wages, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (52) (2019)

2018

39. Diffusion of social values through the lens of US newspapers
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)
40. How 'local' are local labour markets?
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
41. The persistence of local joblessness
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (59)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) View citations (23)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2015) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The Persistence of Local Joblessness, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2018) View citations (60) (2018)

2017

42. How local are labor markets? Evidence from a spatial job search model
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (148)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2011) View citations (39)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2011) View citations (36)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2011) View citations (40)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2011)
    See also Journal Article How Local Are Labor Markets? Evidence from a Spatial Job Search Model, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (187) (2017)
43. Robot arithmetic: can new technology harm all workers or the average worker?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2017) View citations (3)

2016

44. The contribution of the minimum wage to US wage inequality over three decades: a reassessment
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (366)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (32)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010) View citations (2)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2010) View citations (52)
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2010) View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article The Contribution of the Minimum Wage to US Wage Inequality over Three Decades: A Reassessment, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (382) (2016)
45. Who voted Leave?
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (13)

2015