Highlighted Publications




 

Clemens, Montenegro, and Pritchett (2019) ask whether international migration can help match countries with shrinking labor forces to those with rapidly growing working-age populations. They examine global demographic projections and economic data on labor supply, migration flows, and wage differences across countries. Their analysis shows that many high-income countries will experience large declines in working-age populations, while many lower-income countries will see larg

Jensen and Zhang (2024) study whether the death of a parent affects the labor market outcomes of adult children. They ask whether parental loss leads to changes in earnings, employment, or work behavior. They analyze large administrative data linking Danish adults to their parents, tracking employment and earnings before and after a parent’s death. They find that parental death causes measurable declines in labor market performance. Adult children experience short-term earnin

Hase and Kasinger (2025) examine whether organized retail crime leads stores to raise prices and how those increases affect consumers. They study the Washington State cannabis market, matching store-level robbery and burglary data to detailed scanner data covering every retail transaction between 2018 and 2021. Using a difference-in-differences design, they find that victimized stores raise prices by about 1.8 percent within four months of a crime. Nearby rival stores raise p

Jacobs et al. (2026) ask whether collaborative robots (cobots) can be used to raise productivity while preserving jobs, rather than displacing workers. They examine existing research, industry case examples, and prior empirical studies on automation, worker safety, ergonomics, and labor markets, rather than analyzing a new dataset. They find that cobots tend to automate specific tasks instead of whole jobs, reducing physical strain and workplace injuries while increasing outp