This paper considers the semiparametric identification of endogenousand exogenous peer effects in the linear-in-means model. We showthat this model is generically identified when at least three differentsizes of peer groups are observed in the sample at hand. While unnecessaryin general,...

Since the late 90s, regression discontinuity designs have been widely used to estimate local treatment effects. When the running variable is observed with continuous errors, identification fails even if the dispersion of measurement errors is small. Assuming non-differential measurement errors,...

This papers shows how to simply compute one of the estimators proposed in Honoré and Kyriazidou (2000) as well as its variance. The method involves a simple reshaping of the original dataset that is then used in a weighted logistic regression with clustering. Such procedures are widely...

We consider endogenous attrition in panels where the probability of attrition may depend on current and past outcomes. We show that this probability is nonparametrically identified provided that instruments affecting the outcomes but not directly attrition, and whose distribution is identified,...

In this paper, we provide evidence that compensatory education policies that target schools in socially deprived areas are likely to create a negative signal resulting in a sorting effect. We investigate this effect by analyzing the French "Réseaux ambition réussite" (RAR) program, which...

Econometric evaluations of public-sponsored training programmes generallyfind little evidence of an impact of such policies on transition ratesout of unemployment.We perform the first evaluation of training effectsfor the unemployed adults in France, exploiting a unique longitudinaldataset from...

In this paper, we examine the disincentive effects of the public employment serviceon the search effort of unemployed workers and on their exit rate from unemployment.For that purpose, we specify a structural search model with fixed and variablecosts of search in which unemployed workers select...

While a new retirement pension reform is currently discussed in France, it is crucial to evaluate previous reforms. Up to now, no evaluation of the 2003 reform is available, particularly for civil servants. This article deals with the impact of this reform on the retirement behaviour of public...

In this paper we examine the influence of unemployment on property crimes and on violentcrimes in France for the period 1990 to 2000. This analysis is the first extensive study for thiscountry. We construct a regional-level data set (for the 95 départements of metropolitanFrance) with measures...

We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals’wage formation in France. Our model makes it possible to distinguish between unobservedperson heterogeneity and state-dependence. We estimate the model using state of the artbayesian methods employing a long...