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Assistant Professor
Department of Economics, Boston University
Labor/personnel, public, and behavioral economics
Office #307
270 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 353-4535
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(with Neil Thakral)
October 2021
paper | online appendix | SSRN | bibtex
BibTeX
@article{thakralto2021consumption,
title={Anticipation and Consumption},
author={Thakral, Neil and T{\^o}, Linh T},
journal={Mimeo},
year={2021}
}
Media: Equitable Growth column, MarketWatch, Forbes, El Diario NY (in Spanish), Apartment guide
How does the time duration a household anticipates receiving a cash transfer affect whether they are more likely to save or to spend?
BibTeX
@article{to2018signaling,
title={The Signaling Role of Parental Leave},
author={T{\^o}, Linh T},
journal={Mimeo},
year={2018},
keywords={asymmetric information, statistical discrimination, wages, labor supply}
}
Media: Boston Globe, The RAND Blog, Equitable Growth Expert Focus, Equitable Growth’s NBER SI 2021 Round-up, Dismal Scientist blog
Do workers forgo paid parental leave to signal their value to firms? How does it affect their wages and career trajectories?
(with Neil Thakral)
October 2020
BibTeX
@article{thakralto2020temptation,
title={Anticipation and Temptation},
author={Thakral, Neil and T{\^o}, Linh T},
journal={Mimeo},
year={2020}
}
Media: Social Protection, Center for Global Development, World Bank
Does poverty cause people to behave myopically? How does it affect their consumption of temptation goods?
(with Neil Thakral)
paper | online appendix | publisher link | presentation slides | teaching slides | github | openicpsr | bibtex
BibTeX
@article{thakralto2021daily,
title={Daily Labor Supply and Adaptive Reference Points},
author={Thakral, Neil and T{\^o}, Linh T},
journal={American Economic Review},
volume={111},
number={8},
pages={2417--2143},
year={2021}
}
Do workers with flexible hours set a daily income target? How do these targets adjust to new information?
supported by NSF Grant SES-2149414 and SES-2149371
(with Marshall Drake and Neil Thakral)
supported by NSF Grant SES-2149414 and SES-2149371
(with Marshall Drake, Fernando Payró, and Neil Thakral)
(with Hannah Illing and Hanna Schwank)