New article just out in Journal of Public Economics We estimate the employment responses to the largest expansion of non-contributory social protection in the US during the pandemic, and find zero labor supply effects across multiple groups and time periods sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Just published in Journal of Public Economics: "Effects of the expanded Child Tax Credit on employment outcomes" By @LizAnanat, Ben Glasner, Christal Hamilton, Clemente Pignatti, @zparolin sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New WP: “Monopsony Power and Poverty.” What happens to poverty & public finances when a Walmart Supercenter enters a local labor market? Poverty increases by 2 pp (16%) in 10 years after, driven by declining earnings. Income transfers up, taxes paid down. iza.org/publications/d…

Focus has rightfully gone to Zach Parolin & Co.'s study on intergen poverty. He also has a working paper w/ Clemente Pignatti worth reading, which analyzes how UI benefit increases impact usage of other programs. I wrote about their analysis and related research: niskanencenter.org/unemployment-i…

More generous UI benefits can keep jobseekers off other public assistance programs + encourage work. EX: Zach Parolin + Clemente Pignatti found a $1,000 increase in monthly UI benefits led to a 16% reduction in other benefit claims. buff.ly/4hrZ1EC

📢 Stiamo cercando 2 Research Associates per un'esperienza di lavoro *pre-doc* all'#EvaluationLab del #FondoRepubblicaDigitale. 👉 fondorepubblicadigitale.it/posizioni_aper… cc: Raffaella Sadun Francesco Drago Barbara Biasi @orianabandiera @Floridi

Happy to announce that, starting in January, I will join demm_unimi Università degli Studi di Milano as tenure-track assistant professor of economics. Grateful to all those Università Bocconi, Université de Genève and @ILO who made this possible over the years. Look forward to the next chapter!

How did withdrawal of unemployment benefits impact employment after #covid19? Zach Parolin @UniBocconi and Clemente Pignatti demm_unimi argue that unemployed individuals transitioned into lower quality jobs than their previous occupations. doi.org/10.1177/001979…