ISABEL Z. MARTíNEZ JuNE 2021

PERSONAL INfORMATION PHONE +41 (0)44 633 88 37 WEBpAgE www.isabelzmartinez.com OffIcE ETH Zurich ORCID 0000­0002­5215­9844 ADDRESS KOF Swiss Economic Institute Leonhardstrasse 21 CITIZENSHIp Switzerland and Spain 8092 Zurich DATE Of BIRTH February 10, 1986 Switzerland PLAcE Of BIRTH Bern, Switzerland E­MAIL [email protected] RESEARcH INTERESTS Income and Wealth Inequality, Taxation, Labor Economics PROfESSIONAL ExpERIENcE ApR 2020 Senior Researcher (Postdoc) – present KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich JAN 2018 Member of the Swiss Competition Commission WEKO – present (trade union representative, elected by the Federal Council) NOv 2017 Economist – MAR 2020 Swiss Federation of Trade Unions, Bern (60%) NOv 2017 Postdoc – MAR 2020 University of St. Gallen (40%) SEp 2016 Postdoc – SEp 2017 LISER, Luxembourg JAN 2012 Research and teaching assistant to Prof. Reto Föllmi – Aug 2016 University of St. Gallen FEB 2009 Research assistant to the Chief Economist Dr. Daniel Lampart – JuN 2011 Swiss Federation of Trade Unions, Bern

EDucATION MAy 2016 Ph.D. in Economics (Dr. rer. publ. HSG) (Grade: 5.75/6) University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Committee: Reto Föllmi, Monika Bütler, Emmanuel Saez Thesis: “Income Inequality, Taxation, and Social Spending in Switzerland” JAN 2015 Visiting Student Researcher – ApR 2016 University of California, Berkeley, USA Host: Emmanuel Saez

SEp 2011 M.Sc. in Economics (Grade: 5.56/6) University of Bern, Switzerland Thesis: “Top Income Shares in Switzerland – Assessing the Evolution Between 1985and 2007 Based on Tax Data” (Grade: 6/6) VBW Excellence Award for MA Thesis in Economics and Business Administration

SEp 2009 B.Sc. in Economics and Political Science (Grade: 5.26/6) University of Bern, Switzerland SEp 2007 Erasmus Exchange Year – Aug 2008 Free University Berlin, Germany

1 AffILIATIONS CEPR, Research Affiliate (since JAN 2021) SIAW University of St. Gallen, Research Associate (since ApR 2020) WID.World Project, Research Fellow (since DEc 2016) Handelszeitung, Columnist (monthly; since JuN 2020)

RESEARcH VISITS City University New York: Aug 2021 – JAN 2022 (hosts: Janet Gornick / Miles Corak) IPEA, Brasília: DEc 2019 (host: Pedro Souza) Universitat de Barcelona: ApR 2018 (host: Dirk Foremny) University of Bern: JuL/Aug 2017 (host: Michael Gerfin) University of California, Berkeley: MAR/ApR 2017 & JAN 2015 – ApR 2016 (host: Emmanuel Saez)

PEER­REvIEwED PuBLIcATIONS Evidence from Unique Swiss Tax Data on the Composition and Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth. Chapter 4 in: Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth. Edited by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Janet C. Gornick, Barry Johnson, and Arthur Kennickell. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2021. Forthcoming. Intertemporal Labor Supply Substitution? Evidence from the Swiss Income Tax Holiday. American Economic Review, 2021, 111(2), 506–546 (with Emmanuel Saez and Michael Siegenthaler). Volatile Top Income Shares in Switzerland? Reassessing the Evolution Between 1981 and 2010. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99(5), pp.793–809 (with Reto Föllmi).

WORk IN PROgRESS Beggar­Thy­Neighbour Tax Cuts: Mobility after a Local Income and Wealth Tax Reform in Switzerland. January 2021. KOF Working Paper No. 490. Revisions requested (2nd round) by Journal of Urban Economics. Constructing Daily Economic Sentiment Indices Based on Google Trends (with Vera Eichenauer, Ronald Indergand and Christoph Sax). June 2020. KOF Working Paper No. 484. Revisions requested by Economic Inquiry. A Safe Harbor: Wealth­Income Ratios in Switzerland over the 20th Century and the Role of Housing Prices (with Enea Baselgia). December 2020. World Inequality Lab – Working Paper No. 2020/28. In It Together? Inequality and the Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth in Switzerland. February 2020. Mimeo. The Composition and Mobility of Top Earners ­ Evidence from Switzerland. February 2019. Mimeo Intergenerational Mobility in Switzerland: Evidence from Large Administrative Datasets (with Preetha Ka­ lambaden).

2 POLIcy REpORTS Corona und Ungleichheit in der Schweiz – Eine erste Analyse der Verteilungswirkungen der Covid­19­ Pandemie. KOF Studien, 2021, Nr. 161. (with Daniel Kopp, Rafael Lalive, Stefan Pichler, and Michael Sie­ genthaler). Die Verteilung von Einkommen und Vermögen in der Schweiz. UBS International Center of Economics in Society Public Paper, 2017, No. 6 (with Reto Föllmi). Cantonal Differences in Health Care Premium Subsidies in Switzerland. University of St. Gallen SEPS Working Paper, 2014, No.14­20 (with Berit Gerritzen and Alma Ramsden). Mindestlöhne – Situation und Handlungsbedarf. Bericht der SGB­Expertengruppe Mindestlohn. Zürich: Editions à la Carte. 2011 (with Daniel Lampart, Doris Bianchi and Gabriela Medici). Mit Konjunkturstabilisierung längerfristige Wachstumschancen sichern. SGB­Dossier, 2009, Nr. 65 (with Daniel Lampart).

AwARDS AND HONORS 2021 SNSF Scientific Exchanges “Intergenerational Moiblity along Multiple Dimensions” (CHF 16,600) 2020 NZZ Ökonomenranking: Listed among the 20 most influential economists in Switzerland 2017 SNSF Project Grant “The influence of Taxation on Wealth and Income Inequality –Long­ Run Evidence from the Swiss Cantons” (with Reto Föllmi) (CHF 301,720) 2016 Presentation Grant, Verein für Socialpolitik (EUR 500) WinE Mentoring Retreat, Geneva 2015 SNSF Doc.Mobility Fellowship for a research stay abroad at the University of California, Berkeley (CHF 55,000) 2014 SNF Academic Mentoring Program Deutschschweiz for the promotion of women in aca­ demic careers, 2014–2016 (CHF 1,000) 2012 FORS Scholarship for the LIS­Stata Summer Workshop 2012 at the Luxembourg Income Studies Data Centre, Luxembourg (CHF 2,000) VBW Excellence Award 2012 for the Master Thesis: “Top Income Shares in Switzerland Assessing the Evolution Between 1985 and 2007 Based on Tax Data” (CHF 600) 2007 Erasmus Scholarship from the Canton of Bern (CHF 2,000)

3 AcADEMIc TALkS 2021 Federal Office of Public Health (invited); University of Fribourg (invited); ETH Zürich; University of Konstanz (invited); Swiss Society for Economics and Statistics Conference, Zürich (scheduled); Journées LAGV,Marseille (scheduled); IIPF Annual Meeting, Reykjavik (scheduled) 2020 NBER Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, Washington, DC; Ludwig­ Maximilians­Universität München (invited); IIPF Annual Meeting, online; Wealth Taxation Online Workshops, University of St. Gallen (invited); AK Young Economists Conference, Vienna (Keynote) “International Workshop on Determinants of Wealth Inequality”, Univer­ sity of St. Gallen 2019 Avenir Suisse Think Thank Summit (invited); University of St. Gallen; Federal Tax Adminis­ tration, Bern (invited); ENS, Lyon (invited); NBER Summer Institute; IIPF Annual Mee­ ting, Glasgow; IPEA, Brasília (invited) 2018 IEB, Barcelona (invited); LIS, Luxembourg; Swiss Society for Economics and Statistics Con­ ference, St. Gallen; University of Bern (invited); Dondenda Workshop on Public Policy, Bocconi University

2017 LISER Seminar, Luxembourg; KOF ETH Zurich (invited); Swiss Society for Economics and Statistics Conference, Lausanne; IIPF Annual Meeting, Tokyo; EALE Annual Meeting, St.Gallen; University of Neuchâtel (invited); University of Lausanne (invited); WID.world Conference, Paris 2016 AEA Annual Meeting, San Francisco; Public Finance Lunch, UC Berkeley; LISER Luxem­ bourg (invited); Western Regional Science Association WSRA, Hawaii; Swiss Society for Economics and Statistics Conference, Lugano; EEA Annual Meeting, Geneva; VfS Jahres­ treffen, Augsburg; University of Lausanne (invited); University of Bern (invited); Strathcly­ de University (invited); NTA Annual Meeting, Baltimore; University of Luxembourg; Paris School of Economics (invited); Swiss Economists Abroad Annual Meeting, Bern 2015 NARSC Annual Meeting, Portland; IRLE research seminar, UC Berkeley; Workshop on: Social and Labour Market Policy Evaluation with Administrative Data, LISER Luxembourg 2014 International Conference on: The Evolution of Economic and Social Inequalities in Switz­ erland, University of Neuchâtel; SNF Sinergia Seminar, University of Zurich; Conference on Crises and the Distribution, Berlin; SNF Sinergia Workshop, ETH Zurich; Warsaw In­ ternational Economic Meeting; Joint SNF Sinergia / CEPR Conference, Ascona; University of St. Gallen 2013 SNF Sinergia Workshop, Diessenhofen; Conference on: Power and Justice in the World­ System, New York City; Barcelona GSE Summer School on Labor Economics; Congress of the Swiss Sociological Society, Bern; Swiss Society for Economics and Statistics Conference, Neuchâtel

4 POpuLAR WRITINgS AND MEDIA CONTRIBuTIONS Wie Corona langfristig die Ungleichheit erhöht. Die Presse, March 29, 2021. Der plötzliche Anstieg des Vermögens­Einkommens­Verhältnisses in der Schweiz. Ökonomenstimme, 2021 (with Enea Baselgia). trendEcon: Google­Suchanfragen als Hoffnungsträger für die Konjunkturanalyse. Ökonomenstimme, 2020 (with Ronald Indergand). So wird die Welt nach der Virus­Krise: Die Ungleichheit verschärft sich. Handelszeitung, April 3, 2020. 0,01 Prozent machen den Unterschied. Republik, June 24, 2019. Warum Amerika ein zerrissenes Land ist... Republik, May 27, 2019. Verteilung, Bildung und die Chancen des sozialen Aufstiegs. Chapter 12 (pp. 74–83) in: Denknetz Jahrbuch 2018: Bildung und Emanzipation. Zürich: edition 8. 2018. Ist die intertemporale Substitution der Arbeitszeit ein Mythos? Die Schweizer Einkommenssteuerferien deu­ ten darauf hin. Ökonomenstimme, 2018 (with Michael Siegenthaler). The myth of intertemporal labour supply substitution: Evidence from tax holidays. VoxEu, 2018 (with Em­ manuel Saez and Michael Seigenthaler). Inequality in Switzerland: A Haven of Stability? CESifo Forum, 2018, 2/2018 (pp. 19–25) (with Reto Föllmi). Die Topeinkommen in der Schweiz seit 1980: Verteilung und Mobilität. Social Change in Switzerland, 2017, Nr.11. Einmal Tellerwäscher, immer Tellerwäscher. Handelszeitung, August 31, 2016. Volatile top income shares in Switzerland? Reassessing the evolution between 1981 and 2009. VoxEu, 2014 (with Reto Föllmi).

TEAcHINg AND SupERvISION ExpERIENcE MASTER Course :“Philosophy and Economics of Inequality”, University of St. Gallen (Fall 2020 / 2021) Seminar: “Empirical Political Economy”, University of St. Gallen (Fall 2013) Teaching assistant: “Advanced Macroeconomics I”, University of St. Gallen (Fall 2012, 2013) Thesis supervision, University of St. Gallen: Karin García Moreno (2014), Enea Baselgia (2018) BAcHELOR Thesis supervision, University of St. Gallen (Spring Terms 2013, 2014, 2019, Fall Term 2013) SupERvISION Research assistant supervision: Swiss Federation of Trade Unions; University of St. Gallen Intern supervision, University of St. Gallen: Lena Ajdacic (Winter 2016/2017)

5 SERvIcE TO THE PROfESSION WORkSHOpS & Organization “International Workshop on Determinants of Wealth Inequality”, CONfERENcES University of St. Gallen, October 2020 (online) Member of the IIPF 2021 Scientific Committee Initiative and organization“Praxis Workshop Ökonomie” (workshop for academics and policy makers), Bern, November 2016 / 2018 / 2019 DIScuSSANT IIIPF Reykjavik, IPF Glasgow, IIPF Tokyo, CESifSummer Institute Venice, NARSC Annual Meeting Portland REfEREE American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Economic Inquiry, Empirical Economics, European Journal of Political Economy, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Economic Inequality, Journal of Political Economy, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

LANguAgES German (native), Spanish (native), English (proficient), French (good), Portuguese (basic)

REfERENcES Prof. Emmanuel Saez Prof. Reto Föllmi University of California, Berkeley University of St. Gallen Department of Economics SIAW 530 Evans Hall # 3880 Bodanstrasse 8 Berkeley, CA 94720­3880 CH­9000 St. Gallen +1 510 642­4631 +41 (0)71 224 22 69 [email protected] [email protected]

Prof. Monika Bütler Prof. Jan­Egbert Sturm University of St. Gallen ETH Zürich SEW KOF Swiss Economic Institute Varnbüelstrasse 14 Leonhardstrasse 21 CH­9000 St. Gallen CH­8092 Zürich +41 (0)71 224 2317 +41 (0)44 632 50 01 [email protected] [email protected]

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