We study individual male earnings dynamics over the life cycle using panel data on millions
of US workers. Using nonparametric methods, we first show that the distribution of earnings …

We document new facts about risk in male wages and earnings, household earnings, and
pre-and post-tax income in the Netherlands and the United States. We find that, in both …

For whom has earnings risk changed, and why? To answer these questions, we develop a
filtering method that estimates parameters of an income process and recovers persistent and …

We document a strong empirical relationship between higher income inequality and
stronger recessive impacts of fiscal consolidation episodes across time and space. To …

We characterize the optimal linear tax on capital in an Overlapping Generations model with
two period lived households facing uninsurable idiosyncratic labor income risk. The Ramsey …

We review research on the dynamics and distribution of individual earnings and family
income. We start with univariate earnings models, which dominate the literature and are …

We study the determinants of lifetime earnings (LE) inequality in the United States by
focusing on latent heterogeneity in job-ladder dynamics and on-the-job learning. We use …

Earnings growth is more procyclical at the bottom of the income distribution than at the top.
Using high-quality administrative data from Germany, I show that the heterogeneity is chiefly …

We study the determinants of lifetime earnings (LE) inequality in the US by focusing on job
ladder dynamics and on-the-job learning as sources of wage growth. Using administrative …

We document facts about earnings and disposable income inequality and growth in
Denmark in the period 1987–2016. During this period, the distribution of log earnings growth …