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Choosing the field of study in post-secondary education : do expected earnings matter?

Beffy, Magali; Fougère, Denis; Maurel, Arnaud - 2009

This paper examines the determinants of the choice of the major when the length of studies is uncertain, by using a framework in which students entering post-secondary education are assumed to anticipate their future earnings. For that purpose, we use French data coming from the 1992 and 1998...

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Estimating the effect of a retraining program on the re-employment rate of displaced workers

Cavaco, Sandra; Fougère, Denis; Pouget, Julien - 2009

In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of displaced workers. This program, called "Conventions de conversion", was intended to improve reemployment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job...

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Restaurant prices and the minimum wage

Fougère, Denis; Gautier, Erwan; Le Bihan, Hervé - 2009

price quotes collected to calculate the Consumer Price Index in France and we estimate a price rigidity model based on a …

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The effect of part-time work on post-secondary educational attainment : new evidence from French data

Beffy, Magali; Fougère, Denis; Maurel, Arnaud - 2010

In this paper, we provide new evidence on the effect of part-time work on postsecondary educational attainment. To do so, we use samples extracted from the French Labor Force Surveys conducted over the years 1992-2002. These samples are restricted to students in initial education following...

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Wages and employment of French workers with African origin

Aeberhardt, Romain; Fougère, Denis; Pouget, Julien; … - 2007

Our study proposes an econometric decomposition of the wage gap and of the difference in employment probabilities between French workers whose both parents had French citizenship at birth and French workers whose at least one parent had the citizenship of an African country at birth. For that...

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Wage rigidity, collective bargaining and the minimum wage : evidence from French agreement data

Avouyi-Dovi, Sanvi; Fougère, Denis; Gautier, Erwan - 2011

Using several unique data sets on wage agreements at both industry and firm levels in France, we document stylized …

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Trade, wages, and collective bargaining : evidence from France

Carluccio, Juan; Fougère, Denis; Gautier, Erwan - 2015

We estimate the impact of international trade on wages using data for French manufacturing firms. We instrument firm-level trade flows with firm-specific instrumental variables based on world demand and supply shocks. Both export and offshoring shocks have a positive effect on wages. Exports...

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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