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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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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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This paper attempts to explain national origin wage differentials in France. Our data come from a matched employer … according to the parents' birthplace (France, North Africa and Southern Europe). We perform a switching regression model of wage …
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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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Using several unique data sets on wage agreements at both industry and firm levels in France, we document stylized …
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This paper investigates whether increases in the minimum wage in France have the same impact on the average wage when …
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Analysing restricted access census data, this paper examines the long-term trends of immigrant segregation in France … from 1968 to 2007. Similar to other European countries, France experienced a rise in the proportion of immigrants in its … immigrants. Contradicting frequent assertions, neither mono-ethnic census tract nor ghettoes exist in France. By contrast, many …
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Wage inequality decreased continuously in France from 1969 to 2008. In contrast to the US and the UK, this period was … upper tail wage inequality in France relative to other countries. Using a model with imperfect substitution between … wage inequality at the top of the distribution in France during this period is explained by the increase in the educational …
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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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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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