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Charlot, Sylvie (contributor); Duranton, Gilles (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Working in Family Firms : Less Paid But More Secure? Evidence from French Matched Employer-Employee Data

Bassanini, Andrea - 2011

We study compensation packages in family and non-family firms. Using matched employer-employee data for a representative sample of French establishments, we first show that family firms pay on average lower wages to their workers. We find that part of this wage gap is due to differences in...

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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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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...

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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 …

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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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The Production Function for Housing : Evidence from France

Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 2016

housing across locations. We implement our methodology on newly-built single-family homes in France. We find that the …

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Homeownership of Immigrants in France : Selection Effects Related to International Migration Flows

Gobillon, Laurent - 2015

We investigate the difference in homeownership rates between natives and first-generation immigrants in France, and how …

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