Alexander Willén
1. Working Papers
Who Pays For Unions?
Dodini, Stansbury, Willén
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Accepted · IZA Discussion Paper 16697 (2023) · Latest WP (2026)
The Dynamics of Power in Labor Markets: Monopolistic Unions versus Monopsonistic Employers
Dodini, Salvanes, Willén
Review of Economic Studies, Revise & Resubmit · CESifo Discussion Paper 9495 (2022) · Latest WP (2025)
The Fatal Consequences of Brain Drain
Dodini, Løken, Lundborg, Willén
Review of Economic Studies, Revise & Resubmit · IZA Discussion Paper 17819 (2025) · Latest WP (2025)
The Timing of Parental Displacement, Child Development and Family Adjustment
Carneiro, Salvanes, Willage, Willén
Economic Journal, Conditionally Accepted · CESifo Working Paper 9998 · Latest WP (2026)
Beyond Training: Worker Agency, Informal Learning, and Competition
Silliman, Willén
Review of Economic Studies, Reject & Resubmit · IZA Discussion Paper 18109 (2025) · Latest WP (2025)
The Effect of Unions on Immigrant Labor Market Integration
Dodini, Willén, Zhu
Economic Journal, Conditionally Accepted · NHH Discussion Paper 24 (2023) · Latest WP (2026)
Course-Taking Incentives, College Admissions, and the Human Capital Allocations of Students
Duque, Hirshman, Salvanes, Willén
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Revise & Resubmit · Latest WP (2026)
The Career Effects of Union Membership
Dodini, Salvanes, Willén, Zhu
Journal of Labor Economics, Revise & Resubmit · IZA Discussion Paper 16185 (2023) · Latest WP (2025)
Worker Power, Immigrant Sorting, and Firm Dynamics
Silliman, Willén
IZA Discussion Paper 17208 (2024) · Latest WP (2026)
The Power to Discriminate
Dodini, Willén
IZA Discussion Paper 17830 (2025) · Latest WP (2026)
Dynastic Capital and the Inheritance of Social Advantage
Lovenheim, van Egeraat, Willén
IZA Discussion Paper 18862 (2026)· Latest WP (2026)
The Effect of Labor Market Competition on Firms, Workers, and Communities
Dodini, Løken, Willén
NHH Discussion Paper 17 (2022) · Latest WP (2026)
Meetings
Deming, Løken, Willén, Xu
NBER Working Paper 35706 (2026)· Latest WP (2026)
2. Publications
The Value of a High School GPA
Landaud, Maurin, Willage, Willén
Review of Economics and Statistics (2026)
Parenthood and the Gender Gap in Commuting
Bütikofer, Karadakic, Willén
Journal of Public Economics (2025)
Does Your Doctor Matter? Doctor Quality and Patient Outcomes
Ginja, Riise, Willage, Willén
Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics (2025)
Intergenerational Effects of Sick Leave on Child Human Capital
Riise, Willage, Willén
Journal of Health Economics (2025)
Building Bridges and Widening Gaps
Bütikofer, Løken, Willén
Review of Economics and Statistics (2024)
Does Increasing Risk Widen Gender Gaps?
Hirshman, Willén
Management Science (2024)
The Changing Skill Content of Private-Sector Union Coverage
Dodini, Lovenheim, Willén
ILR Review (2024)
Monopsony, Job Tasks, and Labor Market Concentration
Dodini, Lovenheim, Salvanes, Willén
Economic Journal (2024)
The Effect of Labor Market Shocks Across the Life Cycle
Salvanes, Willage, Willén
Journal of Labor Economics (2024)
When Parents Decide: Gender Differences in Competitiveness
Tungodden, Willén
Journal of Political Economy (2023)
Postpartum Job Loss: Transitory Effect on Mothers, Long-Run Damage on Children
Willage, Willén
European Economic Review (2022)
Can Female Doctors Cure the Gender STEMM Gap? Evidence from Randomly Assigned GPs
Riise, Willage, Willén
Review of Economics and Statistics (2022)
The Effect of Negative Income Shocks on Pensioners
Johnsen, Willén
Labour Economics (2022)
Interactions in Public Policies: Spousal Responses and Program Spillovers of Welfare Reforms
Johnsen, Vaage, Willén
Economic Journal (2022)
The Effect of Teacher Strikes on Parents
Jaume, Willén
Journal of Development Economics (2021)
Decentralization of Wage Determination: Evidence From a National Teacher Reform
Willén
Journal of Public Economics (2021)
Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks: Country Characteristics and the Division of Non-Market Work Among US Immigrants
Blau, Comey, Eng, Kahn, Meyerhofer, Willén
Review of Economics of the Household (2020)
Rebates as Incentives: The Effects of a Gym Membership Reimbursement Program
Homonoff, Willage, Willén
Journal of Health Economics (2020)
Tipping and the Effects of Segregation
Bohlmark, Willén
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2020)
The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining
Lovenheim, Willén
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2019)
The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Strikes
Jaume, Willén
Journal of Labor Economics (2019)