Exploiting differences across U.S. states, this paper demonstrates that there is a tight link between higher education policies, past enrollment rates, and recent changes in the college wage premium among labor market entrants. The analysis reveals, however, that this relationship is much weaker...

This paper use descriptive statistics, kernel regressions and reduced-form analyses to show that mortgage related variables, in particular a variable believed to capture the earnings test of mortgage lending rules, have an important impact on the labor supply of married women in Canada. In a...

In this paper we extend the historical record of French-English differences in labour market compensation for Quebec by providing evidence on early 19th century Montreal. Our focus is on the market for apprenticeships. We make use of the detail in apprentice contracts signed between individual...

The authors evaluate some explanations of immigrants' family labor-supply behavior. Upon arrival, immigrant husbands work less than natives but immigrant wives work more. A conventional labor-supply model uses wage assimilation to explain these differences but is not supported by the data. More...