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The costs of agglomeration : land prices in French cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009672254
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Labor disputes and labor flows
Fraisse, Henri; Kramarz, Francis; Prost, Corinne - 2011
About one in four workers challenges her dismissal in front of a labor court in France. Using a data set of individual … ; labor judges ; unfair dismissal ; France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009296375
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Social housing and location choices of immigrants in France
Fougère, Denis; Kramarz, Francis; Rathelot, Roland; … - 2011
Our study examines the empirical links between social housing policy and location choices of immigrants in France. More … (habitations à loyer modéré, dwelling with a moderate rent), which is the main public housing policy in France. For that purpose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233005
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The French productivity puzzle
Askenazy, Philippe; Erhel, Christine - 2015
Since 2008, France experiences a sharp productivity slowdown. Both output per hour and total factor productivity are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295516
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The shape of hiring and separation costs
Kramarz, Francis (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002084632
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Youth unemployment and crime in France
Fougère, Denis (contributor); Kramarz, Francis (contributor) - 2006
In this paper we examine the influence of unemployment on property crimes and on violent crimes in France for the … the 95 départements of metropolitan France) with measures of crimes as reported to the Ministry of Interior. To assess …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003292052
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The returns to seniority in France (and why are they lower than in the United States?)
Beffy, Magali; Buchinsky, Moshe; Fougère, Denis; … - 2006
We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals' wage formation in France. Our … using state of the art Bayesian methods employing a long panel (1976-1995) for France. Our results clearly show that returns … rationale for this phenomenon. Specifically, in a low-mobility country such as France, there is little gain in compensating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003274184
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Social networks in the boardroom
Kramarz, Francis (contributor); Thesmar, David (contributor) - 2006
This paper provides empirical evidence consistent with the facts that (1) social networks may strongly affect board composition and (2) social networks may be detrimental to corporate governance. Our empirical investigation relies on a unique dataset on executives and outside directors of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003274247
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Sorting and local wage and skill distributions in France
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
areas in France. We confirm that on average, workers in denser areas are more skilled. There is also strong over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536431
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The Costs of Agglomeration : Land Prices in French Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096770