Benjamin Schoefer

Research Fellow

University of California, Berkeley

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Benjamin Schoefer is an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley.

His research covers macroeconomics and labor economics. In much of his work, he uses microeconomic data and quasi-experimental variation generated by economic policies to study macroeconomic theories of wage determination and employment adjustment.

He holds B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. He is affiliated with IZA, NBER, CEPR, and CESifo. He was awarded the 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship.

Benjamin Schoefer joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 2021.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17461
From Labor to Intermediates: Firm Growth, Input Substitution, and Monopsony
Matthias Mertens, Benjamin Schoefer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15500
The German Model of Industrial Relations: Balancing Flexibility and Collective Action
Simon Jäger, Shakked Noy, Benjamin Schoefer
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022, 36 (4), 53 - 80
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14963
Worker Beliefs about Outside Options
Simon Jäger, Christopher Roth, Nina Roussille, Benjamin Schoefer
published online in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 10 January 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14465
What Does Codetermination Do?
Simon Jäger, Shakked Noy, Benjamin Schoefer
published in: ILR Review, 2022, 75 (4), 857-890.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14163
Voice at Work
Jarkko Harju, Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer
revise and resubmit: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13076
Paying Outsourced Labor: Direct Evidence from Linked Temp Agency-Worker-Client Data
Andres Drenik, Simon Jäger, Pascuel Plotkin, Benjamin Schoefer
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 105 (1), 206–216.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12799
Labor in the Boardroom
Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer, Jörg Heining
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021, 136 (2), 669-725.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12127
Marginal Jobs and Job Surplus: A Test of the Efficiency of Separations
Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer, Josef Zweimüller
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2023, 90 (3), 1265–1303
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11996
Wages and the Value of Nonemployment
Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer, Samuel Young, Josef Zweimüller
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135 (4), 1905-1963.
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