Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects one in ten people aged 65 or older and is the most
expensive disease in the United States. We describe the central economic questions raised …

We examine how the racial patchwork of federal and state minimum wage changes between
1990 and 2019 has affected racial wage gaps, with specific attention to effects on labor …

We leverage rich data from a prominent online job board in Uruguay to assess directed
search patterns in job applications, focusing on posted wages and advertised non-wage …

This paper analyzes whether a minimum wage should be used for redistribution on top of
taxes and transfers. I characterize optimal redistribution for a government with three policy …

This paper analyzes the minimum wage as a redistributive tool. Empirically, I find that the
average US state-level minimum wage increase in the 1997-2019 period raised low-skill …

This dissertation studies different policies that affect labor markets and inequality. The first
chapter studies whether minimum wages should be used for redistribution on top of taxes …