Nicole Fortin

Nicole Fortin is a Professor in the Department of Economics at The University of British Columbia. She teaches courses in labour economics and empirical economics at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Fortin joined UBC in 1999 after a decade of teaching at the Université de Montréal. Her research focuses on wage inequality, gender equality policies, and decomposition methods in economics. She has published extensively on topics including the gender pay gap, the impact of labor market institutions, and the role of public policies in shaping economic outcomes. Her work includes contributions to decomposition methodologies such as the DFL reweighting and RIF regression techniques, both published in Econometrica.

Nicole Fortin is a Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia, specializing in Labor Economics. Her research focuses on understanding wage distribution, gender disparities in labor markets, and the impact of institutional changes on wage inequality. She has extensively studied the role of labor market institutions, gender role attitudes, and occupational segregation in shaping earnings outcomes. Her work employs advanced econometric methods such as decomposition techniques and quantile regressions to analyze wage gaps and inequality trends across countries and time periods. Fortin's research has contributed to understanding the interplay between economic policies, labor market structures, and gender dynamics in shaping labor market outcomes.