We investigate the relationship between wages, productivity, and workercharacteristics using a new exhaustive matched employer–employee longitudinaldataset for France. Expanding on the methodology originally proposed byHellerstein, Neumark and Troske (1999), we relax their hypotheses and...

This study develops an analytical framework for evaluating the respective contributions of pupils,peers, and school quality in affecting educational achievement. We implement this frame-workusing rich data from England that matches pupils to their primary schools. The dataset records allEnglish...

The ZEP (zones d’éducation prioritaire), which started in 1982, are one French example ofpositive discrimination in the education system. This program aims to improve the students’achievement in the most disadvantaged schools. It gives more financial resources to schoolsin disadvantaged...

We use the French “Customs files”, which provide an exhaustive account of the international tradetransactions carried out by firms across the period 1986-1992, to analyze the link between imports,exports, and the employment of manufacturing firms. Firms constantly involved in international...