Search Results - "Fortin, Nicole M"

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by Sergio Firpo Nicole M. Fortin Thomas Lemieux Published in Econometrica (01.05.2009)

“...We propose a new regression method to evaluate the impact of changes in the distribution of the explanatory variables on quantiles of the unconditional...”

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Leaving boys behind: Gender disparities in high academic achievement

by Fortin, Nicole M Oreopoulos, Philip Phipps, Shelley Published in The Journal of human resources (2015)

“...Using data from the "Monitoring the Future" surveys, this paper shows that from the 1980s to the 2000s, the mode of girls' high school GPA distribution has...”

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GENDER ROLE ATTITUDES AND THE LABOUR-MARKET OUTCOMES OF WOMEN ACROSS OECD COUNTRIES

by NICOLE M. FORTIN Published in Oxford review of economic policy (01.10.2005)

“...This paper uses data from the World Value Surveys (1990, 1995,1999) to investigate the impact of gender role attitudes and work values on women's labour-market...”

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Changes in wage inequality in Canada: An interprovincial perspective

by Nicole M. Fortin Thomas Lemieux Published in The Canadian journal of economics (01.05.2015)

“...This paper uses the Canadian Labour Force Survey to understand why the level and dispersion of wages have evolved differently across provinces from 1997 to...”

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Wealth inequality: Theory, measurement and decomposition

by James B. Davies Nicole M. Fortin Thomas Lemieux Published in The Canadian journal of economics (01.12.2017)

“...This paper reviews the basic principles of inequality measurement, underlining the advantages and shortcomings of alternative measures from a theoretical...”

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Decomposing Wage Distributions Using Recentered Influence Function Regressions

by Firpo, Sergio Fortin, Nicole Lemieux, Thomas Published in Econometrics (25.05.2018)

“...This paper provides a detailed exposition of an extension of the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method that can be applied to various distributional measures...”

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The Gender Wage Gap among Young Adults in the United States: The Importance of Money versus People

by Nicole M. Fortin Published in The Journal of human resources (01.10.2008)

“...Using two single-cohort longitudinal surveys, the NLS72 and the NELS88, I investigate the impact of four noncognitive traits--self-esteem, external locus of...”

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Increasing earnings inequality and the gender pay gap in Canada: Prospects for convergence

by Fortin, Nicole M Published in The Canadian journal of economics (01.05.2019)

“...This paper retraces the evolution of Canadian women's labour force participation and of the gender earnings ratio across the generations to understand better...”

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Rank Regressions, Wage Distributions, and the Gender Gap

by Nicole M. Fortin Thomas Lemieux Published in The Journal of human resources (01.07.1998)

“...In this paper, we propose a novel rank-based procedure to decompose changes in the gender wage gap into three components: changes in the skill distribution,...”

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Comparable worth in a decentralized labour market: the case of Ontario

by Baker, Michael Fortin, Nicole M Published in The Canadian journal of economics (01.11.2004)

“... We document the application of pro-active pay equity legislation to the private sector of the Canadian province of Ontario in the early 1990s. We report...”

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Higher-Education Policies and the College Wage Premium: Cross-State Evidence from the 1990s

by Fortin, Nicole M Published in The American economic review (01.08.2006)

“...Exploiting differences across U.S. states, this paper demonstrates that there is a tight link between higher education policies, past enrollment rates, and...”

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SUPERSTITION IN THE HOUSING MARKET

by FORTIN, NICOLE M HILL, ANDREW J HUANG, JEFF Published in Economic inquiry (01.07.2014)

“...We provide the first solid evidence that Chinese superstitious beliefs can have significant effects on house prices in a North American market with a large...”

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Are Women's Wage Gains Men's Losses? A Distributional Test

by Nicole M. Fortin Thomas Lemieux Published in The American economic review (01.05.2000)

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Occupational Gender Composition and Wages in Canada, 1987-1988

by Michael Baker Nicole M. Fortin Published in The Canadian journal of economics (01.05.2001)

“...In this paper, we provide a comprehensive picture, circa the late 1980s, of occupational gender segregation in Canada and its consequences for wages. Our...”

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Occupational Gender Segregation and Women's Wages in Canada: An Historical Perspective

by Nicole M. Fortin Michael Huberman Published in Canadian public policy (01.05.2002)

“...Nous traçons un portrait de l'évolution de la ségrégation professionnelle selon le sexe au 20ième siècle, et de ses conséquences sur la condition féminine dans...”

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Gender Role Attitudes and Women's Labor Market Participation: Opting-Out, AIDS, and the Persistent Appeal of Housewifery

by Nicole M. Fortin Published in Annals of economics and statistics (01.06.2015)

“...After a century of remarkable growth, U.S. female labor force participation (FLP) has leveled-off in the late 1990s, despite continuous improvement in...”

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Labor Market Institutions and the Distribution of Wages, 1973-1992: A Semiparametric Approach

by John DiNardo Nicole M. Fortin Thomas Lemieux Published in Econometrica (01.09.1996)

“...This paper presents a semiparametric procedure to analyze the effects of institutional and labor market factors on recent changes in the U.S. distribution of...”

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Institutional Changes and Rising Wage Inequality: Is there a Linkage?

by Nicole M. Fortin Thomas Lemieux Published in The Journal of economic perspectives (01.04.1997)

“...In this paper, the authors analyze the role of three institutional changes--the decline in the real value of the minimum wage, deunionization, and economic...”

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Occupational Gender Segregation: Public Policies and Economic Forces: Introduction and Overview

by Nicole M. Fortin Michael Huberman Published in Canadian public policy (01.05.2002)

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Higher-Education Policies and the College Wage Premium: Cross-State Evidence from the 1990s

by Fortin, Nicole M Published in The American economic review (01.09.2006)

“...Exploiting differences across U.S. states, this paper demonstrates that there is a tight link between higher education policies, past enrollment rates, and...”

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