Oscar Volpe

Welcome! I am an economist studying topics in labor. My work also draws on econometrics, public economics, and industrial organization.

I will start as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Harvard University in July 2026, following a postdoctoral fellowship in the department.

My CV is linked here.

To contact me, my email is: ovolpe@fas.harvard.edu.

Working Papers

Job Preferences, Labor Market Power, and Inequality
Job Market Paper; Supplemental Materials

Discrete Choice with Generalized Social Interactions
Revision Requested at Econometrica; Supplemental Materials

Peer Effects in Linear-in-Means Models with Heterogeneous Interaction Effects
(with Magne Mogstad and Alex Torgovitsky)

Linear Supply and Demand in Heterogeneous Markets
(with L. Henry de Frahan, Ingvil Gaarder, Magne Mogstad, and Alex Torgovitsky)