The objective of LinkEED 2.0 is to enhance our understanding of the role of policies in inclusive growth through innovative analytical work based on the use of linked employer-employee data in different OECD countries. These data are typically drawn from administrative sources related to the social security and tax system and in some cases mandatory employer surveys. Since the linked employer-employee data tend to be confidential, the project relies on a network of researchers at universities, research institutes and government institutions with access to the linked employer employee data in their country. The network is continuously expanding and currently covers over seventy researchers and almost thirty OECD countries.
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Since the linked employer-employee data tend to be confidential, the project relies on a network of researchers at universities, research institutes and government institutions with access to the linked employer employee data in their country.
| Name | Role | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Hijzen | Project leader | OECD |
| Jonas Fluchtmann | Co-lead displacement, job mobility and AI | OECD |
| Andrea Hofer | Co-lead displacement | OECD |
| Ana Damas de Matos | Co-lead migration | OECD |
| César Barreto | Co-lead displacement, migration and local | World Bank (ex OECD) |
| Name | Role | Country of representation | Affiliation |
| Jonathan Hambur | Australia | Reserve Bank of Australia | |
| Josiah Hickson | Australia | ANU | |
| Gulnara Nolan | Australia | Reserve Bank of Australia | |
| Matt Nolan | Australia | e61 | |
| Pelin Akyol | Australia | e61 | |
| Lennart Ziegler | Austria | University of Vienna | |
| Wouter Zwysen | Belgium | ETUI | |
| Winnie Chan | Canada | Statistics Canada | |
| Tahsin Mehdi | Canada | Statistics Canada | |
| Lukas Delgado-Prieto | Colombia | University of Oslo | |
| Ria Ivandić | Croatia | University of Zagreb | |
| Paolo Santini | Denmark | IAB | |
| Anne Sophie Lassen | Co-lead gender | Denmark | Copenhagen Business School and WZB Berlin |
| Sarah Schroder | Denmark | Aarhus University | |
| Marie Kjeldsen | Denmark | Aarhus University | |
| Rune Vejlin | Denmark | Aarhus University | |
| Giuseppe Pulito | Denmark | RF Berlin | |
| Jaan Masso | Estonia | University of Tartu | |
| Yajna Govind | France | Copenhagen Business School | |
| Marco Palladino | Co-lead gender | France | Banque de France |
| Stefano Lombardi | Co-lead displacement | Finland | VATT |
| Benjamin Lochner | Germany | IAB and Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg | |
| Katia Gallegos | Germany | IAB | |
| Chrstian Kagerl | Germany | IAB | |
| Michael Oberfichtner | Germany | IAB | |
| Balázs Muraközy | Hungary | University of Liverpool | |
| Domenico Depalo | Italy | Bank of Italy | |
| Eliana Viviano | Co-lead mobility | Italy | Bank of Italy |
| Salvatore Lattanzio | Italy | Bank of Italy | |
| Claudio Luccioletti | Italy | Bank of Italy | |
| Marta De Philippis | Italy | Bank of Italy | |
| Gaetano Basso | Italy | Bank of Italy | |
| Ryo Kambayashi | Japan | Musashi University | |
| Yuko Ueno | Japan | Hitotsubashi University | |
| Nicolas Sylvain Daniel Gavoille | Latvia | Bank of Latvia | |
| Jose Garcia-Louzao | Lithuania | Bank of Lithuania | |
| Jordy Meekes | Netherlands | University of Leiden | |
| Lucas Chen | New Zealand | Reserve Bank of New Zealand | |
| Nazila Alinaghi | New Zealand | Massey University | |
| Antoine Bertheau | Co-lead gender and displacement | Norway | Norwegian School of Economics |
| Astrid Kunze | Norway | Norwegian School of Economics | |
| Patrick Bennett | Co-lead mobility | Norway | University of Liverpool |
| Kjell Salvanes | Scientific advisor | Norway | Norwegian School of Economics |
| Jan Kroszka | Poland | Ministry of Finance | |
| Najsztub Mateusz | Poland | Ministry of Finance | |
| Paderski Paweł | Poland | Ministry of Finance | |
| Filipe Bento Caires | Portugal | European University Institute | |
| Giacomo Carlini | Slovakia | National Bank of Slovakia | |
| Gian Marco Pinna | Slovakia | National Bank of Slovakia | |
| Jaime Arellano-Bover | Co-lead migration | Spain | Yale |
| Oskar Nordstrom-Skans | Scientific advisor and co-lead AI | Sweden | Uppsala University |
| Andrei Gorshkov | Co-lead AI | Sweden | IFAU |
| Dogan Gülümser | Sweden | Uppsala University | |
| Erol Taymaz | Turkey | Middle East Technical University | |
| Eren Gurer | Turkey | Middle East Technical University | |
| Ugur Aytun | Turkey | Middle East Technical University | |
| Alex Bryson | United Kingdom | UCL | |
| John Forth | United Kingdom | City University | |
| Matt Nibloe | United Kingdom | UCL | |
| Marta Lachowska | Co-lead gender and displacement | United States | Chicago Fed |
| Bradley Setzler | Co-lead local | United States | Penn State |
| Erik Vickstrom | United States | Census Bureau |
The work for LinkEED 2.0 is structured in four workstreams. The work for each workstream is led by a core team consisting of OECD staff and external network members.
Barreto, C., Grundke, R. and Krill, Z. (2023), "The cost of job loss in carbon-intensive sectors: Evidence from Germany", OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 1774.
"Reviving growth in a time of workforce ageing: The role of job mobility", OECD (2025), OECD Employment Outlook 2025: Can We Get Through the Demographic Crunch?
Hijzen, A., Zwysen, W. and Lillehagen, M. (2021) "Job mobility, reallocation and wage growth: A tale of two countries", OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 254 and European Journal of Industrial Relations, 31(1), 95-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596801241278135
Barreto, C. et al. (2025), “Low-wage employment in France: A cross-country perspective”, OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 313
Hijzen, A., Montenegro, M. and Pessoa, A. (2023), "Minimum wages in a dual labour market: Evidence from the 2019 minimum-wage hike in Spain", OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 298.
Palladino M., Bertheau A., Barreto C., Gülümser D., Hijzen A., Lassen A. S., Muraközy B. and Skans O. N. (2024), "The role of bargaining and discrimination in the gender wage gap in France: A cross-country perspective". OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 31
"Immigrant integration: The role of firms", OECD (2025), International Migration Outlook, Chapter 4
The net-zero transition induces a contraction of high-emission sectors, which account for 80% of GHG emissions but only 7% of employment. Workers in these sectors face greater earnings losses after job displacement, averaging a 36% decrease over 5-6 years after job loss compared to 29% in other sectors. Policies that support incomes and facilitate job transitions are essential to mitigate these losses and ensure continued support for the net-zero transition.
IZA/Leiden University/OECD workshop “Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data”
22–23 May, The Hague
IZA/OECD Workshop, “Applications with LinkEED Employer-Employee data”
April 10, 2024, OECD, Paris
IZA/OECD Policy Seminar, “Mobilising linked employer-employee data for evidence-based policy”
April 9, 2024, OECD, Paris
LinkEED 2.0 builds on an earlier OECD project that specifically focused on the role of firms in wage inequality.