Reposted by Sydnee CaldwellArin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Very pleased that our review "Monopsony makes it big" for JEL is now officially forthcoming, joint with @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social and Suresh Naidu. Will post a WP version soon! 1124
Reposted by Sydnee CaldwellThe Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Recently accepted by #QJE, “Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market,” by Caldwell (@sydneecaldwell.bsky.social), Haegele, and Heining: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...doi.orgBargaining and Inequality in The Labor Market*Abstract. We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employee data, to study the prevalence and importance of individual 0216
Sydnee Caldwell @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Had a great time at the @atlantafed.org Employment Conference last week with @aaronsojourner.org and others! Thanks @davidwiczer.bsky.social! 151
Reposted by Sydnee CaldwellSydnee Caldwell @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social · 28/08/20251/11 🧵Two results discussed in a new VoxEU column: (i) why workers stay even when outside jobs pay more; (ii) what happens when pay is set by individual bargaining. Links below. cepr.org/voxeu/column... sydneec.github.io/Website/CHH_... sydneec.github.io/Website/CHH_...sydneec.github.io 121
Sydnee Caldwell @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social · 28/08/20251/11 🧵Two results discussed in a new VoxEU column: (i) why workers stay even when outside jobs pay more; (ii) what happens when pay is set by individual bargaining. Links below. cepr.org/voxeu/column... sydneec.github.io/Website/CHH_... sydneec.github.io/Website/CHH_...sydneec.github.io 121
Reposted by Sydnee CaldwellUpjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Many states ban employers from asking for workers' salary histories, but this doesn’t eliminate gender gaps in hiring—most workers disclose their histories, and their salary expectations, voluntarily. www.upjohn.org/research-hig... @berkeleyolab.bsky.social @sydneecaldwell.bsky.socialupjohn.orgEmployers' negotiating separately with each worker fuels gender pay gapWomen earn 5 percent less than men, on average, at employers that bargain individually 063
Reposted by Sydnee CaldwellUpjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 16/06/2025On average, women earn 5 percent less than men at employers that negotiate wages separately with each newly hired worker: research from @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social , Ingrid Haegele and Jӧrg Heining funded by our Early Career Research Awards program. #ECRAupjohn.orgEmployers' negotiating separately with each worker fuels gender pay gapWomen earn 5 percent less than men, on average, at employers that bargain individually 073
Reposted by Sydnee CaldwellOpportunity Lab @berkeleyolab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025In this brief from @upjohninstitute.bsky.social, @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social + Ingrid Haegele unpack evidence on wage bargaining in the German context. The authors find that the gender wage gap is 3-6 percentage points higher at firms that bargain with workers👇 #econskyresearch.upjohn.org 222
Sydnee Caldwell @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social · 27/02/2025The spring NBER Gender meeting (theme: Women in the Digital World) is tomorrow! Program here: www.nber.org/conferences/... The conference will be live-streamed on YouTube (www.youtube.com/nbervideos)nber.orgGender in the Economy: Women in the Digital World, Spring 2025 0146
Reposted by Sydnee CaldwellValentin Kecht @vkecht.bsky.social · 06/01/2025🚨 We are hosting the 1st IZA PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics in Bonn (June 12-13, 2025)🚨 🗣️ Keynotes by @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social (UC Berkeley) and Chris Roth (U Cologne) 👉 Submissions (Jan 31) conference.iza.org/PhD_LaborBeh... Please share and apply!conference.iza.org1st IZA PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics 11816
Sydnee Caldwell @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social · 03/01/2025AEA Session on "Inequality Within and Across Firms" Sat 8 AM, Hilton SF - Union Square 13 Work by (1) Isaac Sorkin (2) @VirginiaMinni, Keiu-Trang Nguyen & Heather Sarsons (3) @EDerenoncourt & @profsheena (4) me, @HaegeleIngrid & Joerg Heining. 030
Sydnee Caldwell @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Submit your papers for the spring 2025 NBER Gender in the Economy meeting! The theme is "Women in the Digital World". Submission Deadline: 12/9/24 Meeting: 2/28/25 in Cambridge t.co/DGsccq6Blwt.cohttps://www.nber.org/conferences/gender-economy-spring-2025 28837