In this article, I present how some women full professors have implemented stopping practices, thus setting limits to their academic work in a neoliberal context. From semi-structured and in-depth interviews with three women professors at the National University of Colombia, this research presents their stopping practices: saying "No"…

This dissertation is comprised of three essays, each examining a different topic in labor economics. In Chapter 1, I examine the productivity and selection effects of K-12 teacher tenure by leveraging variation from New Jersey's TEACHNJ Act. This law extended the pre-tenure period from three to four years and allowed districts to dismiss…

This paper reviews the literature on job-related training and the effects of these investments for different groups of individuals. The paper also elaborates on the theories, empirical explanations, and policy implications that can be drawn from these findings. Employer-provided training is by far the most important source of further education and…