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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 …
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The Effects of Firm Size on Job Quality: A Comparative Study for Britain and France
Bryson, Alex; Erhel, Christine; Salibekyan, Zinaïda - 2017
-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France countries with very different employment regimes. The … results show that job quality is better in Britain than it is in France, despite its minimalist regulatory regime. The … associated with non-pecuniary job quality in both countries but in France the association is confined to only the largest firms …
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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 …
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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...
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Family Values, Social Needs and Preferences for Welfare
Lucifora, Claudio - 2012
This paper investigates the links between family values, social needs and individual preferences for welfare using data from the 2005 French “Generation and Gender Survey” (GGS). We analyse individual preferences, for financial assistance and the provision of care services, with respect to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098125
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Estimating Gender Differences in Access to Jobs
Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
This paper proposes a new measure of gender differences in access to jobs based on a job assignment model. This measure is the probability ratio of getting a job for females and males at each rank of the wage ladder. We derive a non-parametric estimator of this access measure and estimate it for...
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The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities : Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection
Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 2012
Firms are more productive on average in larger cities. Two main explanations have been offered: firm selection (larger cities toughen competition, allowing only the most productive to survive) and agglomeration economies (larger cities promote interactions that increase productivity), possibly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107198
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Sorting and Local Wage and Skill Distributions in France
Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 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/10013107199
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Social Housing and Location Choices of Immigrants in France
Fougère, Denis - 2014
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/10013068381
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Intermarriage, Language, and Economic Assimilation Process : A Case Study of France
Meng, Xin - 2007
assimilation in France. We find that among all immigrants those who are intermarried earn around 17 percent more than those who are …
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