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bkovak@cmu.edu
(412) 268-5223
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Carnegie Mellon University
H. John Heinz III College
4800 Forbes Avenue, HBH 2208
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Working Papers
The Long-Run Labour Market Effects of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
(with Allison Devlin and Peter Morrow)
(Draft: December 2020)
Social Learning along International Migrant Networks
(with Yuan Tian and Maria Esther Caballero)
(Draft: August 2020) Under Review
The China Shock and Employment in Portuguese Firms
(with Lee Branstetter, Jacqueline Mauro, and Ana Venancio)
(Draft: August 2019) Reject and Resubmit
Journal Articles
Wage Insurance and Labor Market Trajectories
(with Ben Hyman, Adam Leive, and Theodore Naff)
AEA Papers and Proceedings, (forthcoming)
Online appendix. ASSA slides
How do U.S. Visa Policies Affect Unauthorized Immigration?
(with Rebecca Lessem)
Journal of Monetary Economics, (2020) 113: 92-108
Why Has China Overinvested in Coal Power?
(with Mengjia Ren, Lee Branstetter, Daniel Erian Armanios, and Jiahai Yuan) (Draft: February 2020) accepted, Energy Journal
The Labor Market Effects of Offshoring by U.S. Multinational Firms
(with Lindsay Oldenski and Nick Sly) (Draft: August 2019) accepted, Review of Economics and Statistics
Margins of Labor Market Adjustment to Trade
(with Rafael Dix-Carneiro)
Journal of International Economics, (2019) 117: 125-142
Online appendix.
Summary: VoxEU. NBER working paper
Measuring Geographic Migration Patterns using Matrículas Consulares
(with Maria Esther Caballero and Brian Cadena)
Demography, (2018) 55(3): 1119-1145
Press coverage:
US News
Trade Liberalization and Regional Dynamics
(with Rafael Dix-Carneiro)
American Economic Review, (2017) 107(10): 1908-2946
Online appendix. Supplemental appendix focused on agriculture.
Summaries: World Bank Research Digest, Upjohn Institute, VoxDev
NBER working paper including related results.
Quality-Adjusted Price Measurement: A New Approach With Evidence from
Semiconductors
(with David Byrne
and Ryan Michaels)
Review of Economics and Statistics, (2017) 99(2): 330-342
Online appendix. VoxEU summary
Immigrants Equilibrate Local Labor Markets: Evidence from the Great Recession
(with Brian Cadena)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2016) 8(1): 257-290
Online appendix
Summaries: VoxEU,
NBER Digest,
IRP Focus
Press coverage:
Marginal Revolution,
Slate,
LA Times,
Wall Street Journal,
Washington Post,
New York Post, Atlantic, Financial Times
Trade Liberalization and the Skill Premium: A Local Labor Markets Approach
(with Rafael Dix-Carneiro)
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2015) 105(5): 551-557
Online appendix
Regional Effects of Trade Reform: What is the Correct Measure of Liberalization?
American Economic Review (2013) 103(5): 1960-1976
Online appendix
Recipient of the 2014 IZA Young Labor Economist Award
Included in Trade and Inequality in the International Library of Critical Writings in
Economics series, ed. P. Goldberg.
Overestimating the Effect of Complementarity on Skill Demand
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2011) Vol. 11: Iss. 1 (Topics),
Article 65
Other Publications
Assessing Price Indexes for Markets with Trading Frictions: A Quantitative Illustration
(with Ryan Michaels)
in Susan Houseman and Michael Mandel eds.,
Measuring
Globalization: Better Trade Statistics for Better Policy. Upjohn, 2015.
The Growing Problem of Disconnected Single Mothers
(with Rebecca Blank)
in Carolyn J. Heinrich and John Karl Scholz eds.,
Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work
Better: Forward-Looking Policies to Help Low-Income Families. Russell Sage Foundation, 2009.
National Poverty Center Working Paper
#07-28
Work in Progress
Wage Insurance for Displaced Workers (NSF)
(with Ben Hyman and Adam Leive)
Emerging Technologies, Labor Outcomes, and Policy Responses (NSF)
(with Laurence Ales,
Erica Fuchs, and
Kate Whitefoot)
The International Transmission of Local Shocks Through Migration Networks
(with Maria Esther Caballero and Brian Cadena )
Migrant Network Diversity and Spatial Mobility
(with Brian Cadena, Rebecca Lessem, and Shan Li)
Understanding Migration Responses to Local Shocks
(with Kirill Borsuyak and Rafael Dix-Carneiro)
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