Work Relocations Aggravate the Gender Pay Gap
A study considers earnings implications for hetero couples in Germany and Sweden.
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Biography
Matthew J. Notowidigdo studies a broad set of topics in labor economics and health economics. In labor economics, his research has focused on understanding the causes and consequences of long-term unemployment and the economic effects of unemployment insurance over the business cycle. Notowidigdo’s research in health economics focuses on the effects of public health insurance on labor supply and the effects of income on health spending. He is currently working with several state governments on large-scale randomized experiments of existing social insurance programs.
Outside of academia, Notowidigdo has corporate experience as an associate at Lehman Brothers in the Fixed Income Division, and he has consulted for several professional sports teams on ticket pricing. Within academia he has teaching experience at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and he was honored with the distinction of the Carleton E. Tucker Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004.
Notowidigdo studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining Chicago Booth in 2010 as an Assistant Professor. In 2014, he joined the Department of Economics at Northwestern University as Associate Professor of Economics. In 2020, Notowidigo returned to Booth as Professor of Economics. He holds a BS in economics, a BS in computer engineering, a MEng in computer science, and a PhD in economics. He is currently a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, an Associate Editor at the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and a member of the Board of Editors at American Economic Journal -- Economic Policy.
Research Interests
Labor economics, public finance, health economics.
Academic Areas
- Microeconomics
Selected Publications
The Economic Consequences of Bankruptcy Reform (with Tal Gross, Ray Kluender, Feng Liu, and Jialan Wang). American Economic Review, 111(7): 2309-41, July 2021.
Take-up and Targeting: Experimental Evidence from SNAP (with Amy Finkelstein). Quarterly Journal of Economics, 134(3): 1505-1556, August 2019.
The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions (with Carlos Dobkin, Amy Finkelstein, and Ray Kluender). February 2018. American Economic Review, 108(2): 308-52.
Hospitals as Insurers of Last Resort (with Craig Garthwaite and Tal Gross). January 2018. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 10(1): 1-39.
The Effect of Wealth on Individual and Household Labor Supply: Evidence from Swedish Lotteries (with David Cesarini, Erik Lindqvist, and Robert Ostling). December 2017. American Economic Review, 107(12): 3917-46.
Working Papers
2025 - 2026 Course Schedule
| Number | Course Title | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 33350 | Health Economics | 2026 (Spring) |
| 33903 | Microeconomics Reading and Research Seminar | 2025 (Autumn) |
| 33904 | Microeconomics Reading and Research Seminar | 2026 (Winter) |
| 33905 | Microeconomics Reading and Research Seminar | 2026 (Spring) |
| 33918 | Topics in Labor Economics | 2026 (Spring) |
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