We examine the impact of a 2002 Danish parental leave reform on intimate partner violence (IPV) using administrative data on assault-related hospital contacts. Using a regression discontinuity design, we show that extending fully paid leave increased mothers' leave-taking and substantially...

Using household survey data on expenditures and incomes, we construct an objective measure of corruption in the public sector for a broad spectrum of countries. Specifically, we focus on the consumption-income gap for public sector workers relative to private sector workers to gauge the extent...

Why does capital typically hire labor rather than the other way around? Employee-owned firms with majority workforce control - such as worker cooperatives - remain rare in market economies, despite evidence that they perform at least as well as investor-owned firms across various contexts. In...

This paper studies the impact of the home sewing machine on women's work and intergenerational mobility - an innovation that enabled women to generate income from within the household. Marketed directly to women as a tool for both domestic use and paid work, it provides a unique setting to...

This study explores the marriage matching of only-child individuals and the related outcomes. Specifically, we analyze two aspects: First, we investigate the marriage patterns of only children, examining whether people choose mates in a positive or negative assortative manner regarding...

We study the labour market impact of immigration to the United Kingdom, focusing on the large inflows following the 2004 EU enlargement. Using the Lifetime Labour Market Database (LLMDB) - a longitudinal 1% sample of National Insurance records - we provide the first analysis of immigration's...

In a laboratory experiment, we study the role of fairness ideals as focal points in coordination problems in homogeneous and heterogeneous groups. We elicit the normatively preferred behavior about how a subsequent coordination game should be played. In homogeneous groups, people share a unique...

Restricting purchases or establishing a minimum (floor) price for low-cost, high-strength alcoholic beverages is an increasingly popular policy used to address problem drinking and alcohol-related harm. We study the consumption and short-term health-at-birth impacts of the 2006 Alice Springs...

Whereas labor markets are traditionally viewed as machine-like environments - where agents, coordinated by price signals, solve constrained optimization problems or adhere to established heuristics - this paper views labor markets as human ecosystems, containing living things, namely, the human...

This paper examines the evolution and determinants of skill-specific internal mobility among Italian citizens by urban-rural origin. Using administrative data from the Registry of Transfer of Residence (ADELE), which records the universe of skill-specific bilateral moves across more than 700...