Alexander Willén
* Please see CV for most updated list of publications, working papers, and works in progress
Working Papers
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The Career Effects of Union Membership (with S. Dodini, K. Salvanes, and J. Zhu),
Under Revision for American Economic Review
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The Dynamics of Power in Labor Markets: Monopolistic Unions vs. Monopsonistic Employers (with S. Dodini and K. Salvanes).
Under Revision for Review of Economic Studies
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The Effect of Labor Market Competition on Firms, Workers, and Communities (with S. Dodini and K. Løken).
Under Revision for American Economic Review
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Reject and Resubmit at Quarterly Journal of Economics
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Reject and Resubmit Journal of Public Economics
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Childhood Shocks Across Ages and Human Capital Formation (with P. Carneiro, K. Salvanes, and B. Willage)
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Employment Protection and Child Development (with B. Willage and J. Riise)
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Worker Power, Immigrant Sorting, and Firm Dynamics (with M. Silliman)
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The Power To Discriminate (with S. Dodini)
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Published Papers
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Does Your Doctor Matter? (with R. Ginja, J. Riise, and B. Willage)
Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, Accepted
[Accepted Version] [Working Paper]​​
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Monopsony, Tasks, and Labour Market Concentration (with S. Dodini, M. Lovenheim, and K. Salvanes)
The Economic Journal, Accepted
[Accepted Version] [Working Paper] ​
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Does Increasing Risk Widen Gender Gaps? (with S. Hirshman)
Management Science, Accepted
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The Value of a High School GPA (with F. Landaud, E. Maurin and B. Willage)
Review of Economics and Statistics, Accepted
[Accepted Version] [Working Paper] ​
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Understanding the Decline in Private Sector Unionization: A Skill-Based Approach (with S. Dodini and M. Lovenheim)
ILR Review, 2024
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The Effect of Labor Market Shocks Across the Life Cycle (with K. Salvanes and B. Willage)
Journal of Labor Economics, 2024
[Accepted Version] [Working Paper] ​
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When Parents Decide: Gender Differences in Competitiveness (with J. Tungodden)
Journal of Political Economy, 2023
[Accepted Version] [Working Paper]​
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Postpartum Job Loss: Transitory Effect on Mothers, Long-run Damage to Children (with B. Willage)
European Economic Review, 2022
[Accepted Version] [Working Paper]
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Building Bridges and Widening Gaps (with K. Løken and A. Butikofer)
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022
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The Effect of Negative Income Shocks on Pensioners (with J. Johnsen)
Labour Economics, 2022
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Can Female Doctors Cure the Gender STEMM Gap? (with J. Riise and B. Willage)
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022
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Interactions in Public Policies: Spousal Responses and Program Spillovers of Welfare Reforms (with J. Johnsen and K. Vaage)
The Economic Journal, 2022
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The Effect of Teacher Strikes on Parents (with D. Jaume)
Journal of Development Economics, 2021
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Decentralization of Wage Determination: Evidence From A National Teacher Reform
Journal of Public Economics, 2021
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Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks (with F. Blau, M. Comey, A. Eng, P. Meyerhofer, and L. Kahn)
The Review of Economics of the Household, 2020
[Accepted Version] [Working Paper] ​
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Rebates as Incentives: The Effects of a Gym Membership Reimbursement Program (with T. Homonoff and B. Willage)
Journal of Health Economics, 2020
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Tipping and the Effects of Segregation (with A. Böhlmark)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020
[Accepted Version] [Working Paper] ​
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The Long-run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining (with M. Lovenheim)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2019
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The Long-run Effects of Teacher Strikes (with D. Jaume)
Journal of Labor Economics, 2019
[Accepted Version] [Working Paper] ​
