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The Detaxation of Overtime Hours : Lessons from the French Experiment
Cahuc, Pierre - 2011
In October 2007 France introduced an exemption on the income tax and social security contributions that applied to …
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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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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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The Difficult School-to-Work Transition of High School Dropouts : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Cahuc, Pierre - 2017
school by sending fictitious résumés to real job postings in France. Compared to those who have stayed unemployed since …
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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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Do Hiring Credits Work in Recessions? Evidence from France
Cahuc, Pierre - 2014
minimum wage in firms with less than 10 employees in France from December 2008 to December 2009. Using rich administrative …
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The Effectiveness of Hiring Credits
Cahuc, Pierre - 2018
that the cost per job created by permanent hiring credits, either countercyclical or time-invariant, in an environment with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930950
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Youth Unemployment in Old Europe : The Polar Cases of France and Germany
Cahuc, Pierre - 2013
France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … observed in Southern European countries, a "lost generation" may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has … short-term oriented policies can only have temporary effects. Ultimately, the youth unemployment disease in France and in …
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