Labor market attachment differs significantly across black, Mexican and white men; black and Mexican men are more likely to experience unemployment and out of the labor force spells than are white men. While it has long been agreed that potential experience is a poor proxy of actual experience...

Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 US Census, I find little support for the opt-out revolution - highly educated women, relative to their less educated counterparts, are exiting the labor force to care for their families at higher rates today than in earlier time periods - if one focuses...

Colleges and universities that adopt early decision (ED) as an admission practice are able to generate additional resources by attracting wealthier students who, upon admission, make binding commitments to attend and to forgo shopping for competing aid offers. An unanswered question is whether...

Many schools rely on early decision (ED) as an admission practice. Schools that adopt ED are able to generate additional resources by attracting wealthier students who, upon admission, make binding commitments to attend and to forego shopping for competing aid offers. An unanswered question is...

Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Census, I find little support for the opt-out revolution ﾖ highly educated women, relative to their less educated counterparts, are exiting the labor force to care for their families at higher rates today than in earlier time periods ﾖ if one...