This paper explores endogeneity problems in multilevel estimation of education production functions. The focus is on level 2 endogeneity which arises from correlations between student characteristics and omitted school variables. Theses correlations are mainly the result of student...

[fre] Une approche empirique de la structure du marché du travail : salaires, formes de mobilité et formation . professionnelle continue par Sa'id Hanchane et Xavier Joutard . Pour étudier la structure du marché du travail français, on propose une approche multisectorielle mêlant deux...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of job-training programs, initiated by the Moroccan government and called “special training contracts”, on the performance of Moroccan firms. Design/methodology/approach – Two databases (MICT, OFPPT) of Moroccan firms were...

[eng] Initial Professional Mobility: Secondary Education and Experience on the Labour Market . The period between the end of secondary school and the . first stable job is becoming longer and longer for young people who have not passed the general baccalauréat. For those who left secondary...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of job‐training programs, initiated by the Moroccan government and called “special training contracts”, on the performance of Moroccan firms. Design/methodology/approach – Two databases (MICT, OFPPT) of Moroccan firms were...

"Rapid development, a widening regional gap, and growing concentration of activities have characterized the Chinese economy since the reforms in the late 1970s. This paper examines the spatial disparities of the economic concentration in different stages of development from a geographic approach...

The aim of this paper is to study the relation between economic development and urban hierarchies?<np pagenum="302"/> evolutions in the Mediterranean from 1960 to 2000. The paper clearly demonstrates that the countries with a higher income per capita (France, Spain, Italy) have a less hierarchical city-size...

[fre] Si on observe encore une croissance rapide en 1972-1973, les années 1974-1977 correspondent à un freinage de l'activité économique. Comment les régions ont-elles traversé la crise? Outre un net ralentissement de l'évolution de l'emploi, surtout dans l'industrie, on observe une...