This paper presents on three new styled facts: first, schools of public affairs hire many economists; second, those economists are disproportionately female; and third, salaries in schools of public affairs are, on average, lower than salaries in mainline departments of economics. We seek to...

This paper examines the empirical relationship between early employment activity and school continuation decisions for American women ages 16 to 24. We formulate a sequential schooling choice model that guides our exploration of these crucial life-cycle decisions. Our estimation strategy takes...