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We study the fertility effects of the 1997 Quebec Family Policy, which introduced universal childcare and … fertility at the intensive margin but had varying impacts by life stage. For younger cohorts of women early in their careers and …
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Job mobility, especially early in a career, is an important source of wage growth. This effect is typically attributed to heterogeneity in the quality of employee-employer matches, with individuals learning of their abilities and discovering the tasks at which they are most productive through...
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Using a multi-dimensional measure of occupational mismatch, we report distinct gender differences in match quality and changes in match quality over the course of careers. A substantial portion of the gender wage gap stems from match quality differences among more educated individuals....
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This paper considers why fertility has fallen to historically low levels in virtually all high-income countries. Using … cohort data, we document rising childlessness at all observed ages and falling completed fertility. This cohort perspective … underscores the need to explain long-run shifts in fertility behavior. We review existing research and conclude that period …
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