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Nicole Fortin is a professor at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia, specializing in labour economics and empirical economics. She has been a faculty member since 1999, previously teaching at Université de Montréal. Her research focuses on wage inequality and its connections to labor market institutions, public policies, and higher education policies, emphasizing gender equality and women's economic progress. Fortin has significantly contributed to the field by developing decomposition methods such as the DFL reweighting decomposition and the RIF regression methodology, published in prominent journals like Econometrica. She investigates various issues, including the impact of the 'Black Lives Matter' protests on voting patterns, the effects of managerial homophily on employee pay, and the influence of technological change and offshorability on wage distribution. Her work has implications for understanding the dynamics of gender wage gaps and educational attainment in relation to labor force participation. Fortin continues to contribute to the academic community through her research and involvement in professional associations, including the NBER and IZA.
University of British Columbia • Vancouver, BC
Teaching and research in labour economics and empirical economics.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.