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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...

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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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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 …

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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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Youth Unemployment and Crime in France

Fougère, Denis - 2006

In this paper we examine the influence of unemployment on property crimes and on violent crimes in France for the … the 95 departements of metropolitan France) with measures of crimes as reported to the Ministry of Interior. To assess …

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Differences in Positions Along a Hierarchy : Counterfactuals Based on an Assignment Model

Gobillon, Laurent - 2017

We propose an assignment model in which positions along a hierarchy are attributed to individuals depending on their characteristics. Our theoretical framework can be used to study differences in assignment and outcomes across groups and we show how it can motivate decomposition and...

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The Effects of Firm Size on Job Quality : A Comparative Study for Britain and France

Bryson, Alex - 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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Insurance Between Firms : The Role of Internal Labor Markets

Cestone, Giacinta - 2018

We investigate how internal labor markets (ILMs) affect labor adjustments and performance in business groups. We show that group-affiliated units faced with positive shocks to growth opportunities rely on the ILM to ensure swift hiring, especially of managers and other high-skilled workers. A...

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An Anatomy of International Trade : Evidence from French Firms

Eaton, Jonathan - 2009

We examine the sales of French manufacturing firms in 113 destinations, including France itself. Several regularities … participation; (3) average sales in France rise very systematically with selling to less popular markets and to more markets. We …

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The French Productivity Puzzle

Askenazy, Philippe - 2015

Since 2008, France experiences a sharp productivity slowdown. Both output per hour and total factor productivity are …

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