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Does fertility respond to financial incentives?
Laroque, Guy (contributor); Salanié, Bernard (contributor) - 2008
fertility decisions in France, both for the first and for the third child. As an example, an unconditional child benefit with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730265
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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US? : selective features of immigration to four major OECD countries
Geis, Wido (contributor); Uebelmesser, Silke (contributor);  … - 2008
of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771831
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Assets returns volatility and investment horizon : the french case
Bec, Frédérique; Gollier, Christian - 2009
This paper explores French assets returns predictability within a VAR setup. Using quarterly data from 1970Q4 to 2006Q4, it turns out that bonds, equities and bills returns are actually predictable. This feature implies that the investment horizon does indeed matter in the asset allocation. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003833321
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How do migrants choose their destination country? : an analysis of institutional determinants
Geis, Wido; Übelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
micro-data for France, Germany, the UK and the US, we study their decisions to migrate to one of the four countries using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805994
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Term structure and cyclicity of value-at-risk : consequences for the solvency capital requirement
Bec, Frédérique; Gollier, Christian - 2009
This paper explores empirically the link between French equities returns Value-at-Risk (VaR) and the state of financial markets cycle. The econometric analysis is based on a simple vector autoregression setup. Using quarterly data from 1970Q4 to 2008Q3, it turns out that the k-year VaR of French...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824669
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Multi-Factor Gegenbauer processes and European inflation rates
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alaña, Luis A. - 2009
parameters at each frequency separately, and adopt this framework to model quarterly prices in three European countries (France …, Italy and the UK). The empirical results suggest that inflation in France and Italy is nonstationary. However, while for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850335
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Testing for convergence in stock markets : a non-linear factor approach
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Erdogan, Burcu; Kuzin, Vladimir - 2009
including monthly stock price indices for five EU countries (Germany, France, the Netherlands, Ireland and the UK) as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898817
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Why do low- and high-skill workers migrate? : flow evidence from France
Gross, Dominique M. (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377069
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Competition in the service sector and the performances of manufacturing firms : does liberalization matter?
Forlani, Emanuele - 2010
Services form an increasing proportion of the inputs used in manufacturing. We explore empirically whether competition in the service sector affects downstream manufacturing firms' efficiency, via the inputs used. Using French micro-data for services, we calculate proxies for competition in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003937587
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Labour disputes and the game of legal representation
Fraisse, Henri - 2010
This paper explores the prisoner's dilemma that may result when workers and firms are involved in labour disputes and must decide whether to hire a lawyer to be represented at trial. Using a representative data set of labour disputes in the UK and a large population of French unfair dismissal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975529