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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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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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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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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 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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