Alexander Willén

Working Papers  (Email for latest version)

Decentralization of Wage Determination: Evidence From A National Teacher Reform

     Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Public Economics

     Also published as IFAU Working Paper No. 2019:17

Interactions in Public Policies: Spousal Responses and Program Spillovers of Welfare Reforms (with Julian Johnsen and Kjell Vaage)

     Revise and Resubmit, The Economic Journal

The Effect of Teacher Strikes on Parents (with David Jaume)

     Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Development Economics

     Also published as CEDLAS Working Paper No. 2019:243

The Effect of Negative Income Shocks on Pensioners (with Julian Johnsen)

     (Under Review)

Building Bridges and Widening Gaps: Wage Gains and Equity Concerns of Labor Market Expansions (with Aline Butikofer and Katrine Løken)

     (Under Review)

     Also published as IZA Discussion Paper No. 12885

Monopsony, Skills, and Labor Market Concentration (with Sam Dodini, Michael Lovenheim, and Kjell Salvanes)

Published Papers

Can Female Doctors Cure the Gender STEMM Gap? Evidence from Randomly Assigned GPs (with Julie Riise and Barton Willage)

     Accepted, The Review of Economics and Statistics

     Also published as NHH Discussion Paper 2019/18

Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks: Source Country Characteristics, Housework, and Childcare Division of Labor among US Immigrants     

     (with Fran Blau, Matthew Comey, Amanda Eng, Pamela Meyerhofer, and Lawrence Kahn)

     Accepted, The Review of Economics of the Household

     Also published as NBER Working Paper No. 26931 (2020)

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