Research
In Progress
Automation in Globalization
Minimum Wage and Automation
Decomposing the Global Rise of Populist Parties
with Oren Danieli, Noam Gidron, and Ro’ee Levy
Working Papers
Welfare Effects of Polarization: Occupational Mobility over the Life-cycle
with Sagiri Kitao; PDF, Last updated in July 2020
Abstract
What are the welfare effects of polarization: wage and employment losses of middle-class workers relative to low- and high-skill groups? We build a model of overlapping generations who choose consumption, savings, labor supply, and occupations over their life-cycles, and accumulate human capital. We simulate a wage shift observed since the early 1980s and investigate individuals’ responses. Polarization improves welfare of young individuals that are high-skilled, while it hurts low-skilled individuals across all ages and especially younger ones. The gain of the high-skilled is larger for generations entering in later periods, who can fully exploit the rising skill premium.COVID-19 Research
Who suffers from the COVID-19 shocks? Labor market heterogeneity and welfare consequences in Japan
with Sagiri Kitao and Minamo Mikoshiba; PDF; Publisher’s Site
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, March 2021