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The Effect of Part-Time Work on Post-Secondary Educational Attainment : New Evidence from French Data

Beffy, Magali - 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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Wage Rigidity, Collective Bargaining and the Minimum Wage : Evidence from French Agreement Data

Avouyi-Dovi, Sanvi - 2011

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

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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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Estimating the Effect of a Retraining Program on the Re-Employment Rate of Displaced Workers

Cavaco, Sandra - 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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Wages and Employment of French Workers with African Origin

Aeberhardt, Romain - 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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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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Real Estate Prices and Corporate Investment : Theory and Evidence of Heterogeneous Effects Across Firms

Fougère, Denis - 2018

In this paper, we investigate the effect of real estate prices on productive investment. We build a simple theoretical framework of firms' investment with credit rationing and real estate collateral. We show that real estate prices affect firms' borrowing capacities through two channels.An...

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Wage Floor Rigidity in Industry-Level Agreements : Evidence from France

Fougère, Denis - 2018

This paper examines empirically the dynamics of wage floors defined in industry-level wage agreements in France. It …

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Choosing the Field of Study in Post-Secondary Education : Do Expected Earnings Matter?

Beffy, Magali - 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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