How predictable are life trajectories? We investigated this question with a scientific mass
collaboration using the common task method; 160 teams built predictive models for six life …

Where one lives and works is increasingly important in shaping economic opportunities. Yet,
women, particularly partnered women, are less likely than men to relocate for a job, …

Millions of workers labor in nonstandard employment relationships, such as part-time and
temporary jobs. Yet little is known about how the job search process is influenced by such …

The author advances the theory that when evaluation bears high stakes and is subject to high
uncertainty of quality, a greater presence of numbers in the evaluated materials positively …

Reports an error in" Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass
collaboration" by Matthew J. Salganik, Ian Lundberg, Alexander T. Kindel, Caitlin E. Ahearn, …

I outline the sociological theory that would predict that external labor markets – those in
which more positions are filled with new hires rather from firm-internal promotions – heighten …

… Jonas Mueller Gastell∗ … Further, I am deeply grateful to Matti Mitrunen, Katariina
Mueller-Gastell, and Joonas Tuhkuri who all supported this project with their advice. …

My dissertation covers contributions to several subfields of economics--in Chapter 1, I study
a pertinent question in labor economics and development economics (the trade-off between …