fertility. The gender gap in wages, after controlling for worker and job characteristics as well as for selection, is high. It …

driven by selection into marriage at younger ages, while there might be a protective effect of marriage at older ages. We … analyze how selection and protective effects of marriage show up in the data. …

The productive characteristics of migrating individuals, emigrant selection, affect welfare. The empirical estimation … of the degree of selection suffers from a lack of complete and nationally representative data. This paper uses a new and … selection for Mexican emigrants to the United States for the period 2000-2004 together with positive selection in Mexican …

dynamic context. Furthermore, we find selection in wage equations induced by the strike outcome. In this sense, the …

lower wage and have less schooling years than individuals who remain in Mexico, evidence of negative selection. This …

We study a dynamic model where growth requires both long-term investment and the selection of talented managers. When … ability is not ex-ante observable and contracts are incomplete, managerial selection imposes a cost, as managers facing the … selection and investment that has implications for the choice of contractual relationships. Our analysis shows that rigid long …