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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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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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Do Female Role Models Reduce the Gender Gap in Science? Evidence from French High Schools

Breda, Thomas - 2020

This paper, based on a large-scale field experiment, tests whether a one-hour exposure to external female role models with a background in science affects students' perceptions and choice of field of study. Using a random assignment of classroom interventions carried out by 56 female scientists...

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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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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 French Productivity Puzzle

Askenazy, Philippe - 2015

Since 2008, France experiences a sharp productivity slowdown. Both output per hour and total factor productivity are …

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Teaching Accreditation Exams Reveal Grading Biases Favor Women in Male-Dominated Disciplines in France

Breda, Thomas - 2016

Discrimination against women is seen as one of the possible causes behind their underrepresentation in certain STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects. We show that this is not the case at the competitive exams used to recruit almost all French secondary and...

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A Test of Negotiation and Incentive Compensation Models Using Longitudinal French Enterprise Data

Abowd, John M.; Kramarz, Francis - 2021

level agreements appear to implement incentive contracts. This is significant because in France a firm level agreement is …

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A La Recherche Des Moments Perdus : Covariance Models for Unbalanced Panels with Endogenous Death

Abowd, John M.; Crepon, Bruno; Kramarz, Francis; … - 2021

We develop a model for decomposing the covariance structure of panel data on firms into a part due to permanent heterogeneity, a part due to differential histories with unknown ages, and a part due to the evolution of economic shocks to the firm. Our model allows for the endogenous death of...

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