My research fields are labor economics and economics of education and child development.

Working Papers:

“Costs of Daycare, Complementarities, and Heterogeneous Productivity of Parenting Time in Child Skill Formation,” (formerly: “How Do Mothers Manage? Universal Daycare, Child Skill Formation, and the Parental Time-Education Puzzle”); 2026 May (Submitted) Suppl. Appendix

“Does Earlier Return to Work Help Mothers’ Career? Evidence via the Substitution Effect of Parental Leave,” with Anikó Bíró (ELTE KRTK), Lili Márk (CEU), Zsigmond Pálvölgyi (Corvinus U of Budapest); 2026 May (Submitted)

“Labor Market Tightness, Wage Inequality and Workplace Amenities,” with Anikó Bíró (ELTE KRTK), João G. da Fonseca (U de Montréal), Attila Lindner (UCL); 2026 June (Submitted)

“Fair Inequality: Alternative Measures of Earnings Differences That are Not Due to Gender and Parental Advantage,” with Wendy Carlin (UCL), Sam Bowles (Santa Fe Institute), Anikó Bíró (ELTE KRTK), and 32 others

Selected Work in Progress:

1. “When Mathematics Rank Matters: Dynamic Peer Comparisons and the STEM Gender Gap,” with Zsuzsanna Vadle (CEU) and Zoltán Hermann (ELTE KRTK and Corvinus U of Budapest)

2. “Does Leveling the Classroom Prevent Drop-Out? Impact Evaluation of the Complex Instruction Program in Hungary,” with Zoltán Hermann (ELTE KRTK and Corvinus U of Budapest), Eva Holb (ELTE KRTK and Corvinus U of Budapest), Zsuzsanna Vadle (CEU) (RCT in the Field)

3. “Universal Daycare from a Family Perspective: Effects on Parents’ Labor Supply and Occupational Sorting,” with Gaëlle Simard-Duplain (Carleton U); (Earlier) Policy Report

Refereed Publications:

“Can Academic Redshirting Shrink the Education Gender Gap? Causal Evidence on Student Achievement and Mental Health,” (accepted at) Journal of Human Resources 2026; SSRN #6394399

“Accident-Induced Absence from Work and Wage Growth,” with Anikó Bíró (ELTE KRTK), Márta Bisztray (ELTE KRTK), João G. da Fonseca (U de Montréal); (accepted at) Journal of Labor Economics 2025 /IFS WP #202330; IZA DP #16312; Media Coverage: Telex; Die Presse/

“The Distribution of COVID-19 Related Risks,” with Patrick Baylis (UBC), Pierre-Loup Beauregard (UBC), Marie Connolly (UQaM), Nicole M. Fortin (UBC), David A. Green (UBC), Pablo Gutierrez-Cubillos (UBC), Samuel Gyetvay (UBC), Catherine Haeck (UQaM), Gaelle Simard-Duplain (Carleton U), Henry E. Siu (UBC), Maria teNyenhuis (Bank of Canada), Casey Warman (Dalhousie U), Canadian Journal of Economics (54) 2022; Special Issue: the COVID-19 Pandemic

“Primary School Reopenings and Parental Work,“ with Pierre-Loup Beauregard (UBC), Marie Connolly (UQaM), Catherine Haeck (UQaM), Canadian Journal of Economics (54) 2022; Special Issue: the COVID-19 Pandemic /Media Coverage: SciTube/

“Do Health Insurers Innovate? Evidence from the Anatomy of Physician Payments,” with Jeffrey Clemens (UCSD), Joshua Gottlieb (U Chicago), Journal of Health Economics (55) 2017