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Public Housing and Residential Segregation of Immigrants in France, 1968-1999

Verdugo, Gregory - 2011

This paper studies the evolution of the residential segregation of immigrants between and within urban areas in France …

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Immigration and the Occupational Choice of Natives : A Factor Proportions Approach

Ortega, Javier - 2011

This paper evaluates the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives in France over the period 1962 …

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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 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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The Great Compression of the French Wage Structure, 1969-2008

Verdugo, Gregory - 2014

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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Forty Years of Immigrant Segregation in France, 1968-2007 : How Different is the New Immigration?

Pan Ké Shon, Jean-Louis - 2014

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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Can Public Housing Decrease Segregation? Lessons and Challenges from Non-European Immigration in France

Verdugo, Gregory - 2018

Recent decades have seen a rapid increase in the share of non-European immigrants in public housing in Europe, which has led to concern regarding the rise of "ghettos" in large cities. Using French census data over three decades, we examine how this increase in public housing participation has...

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Minimum Wage and the Average Wage in France : A Circular Relationship?

Cette, Gilbert - 2013

This paper investigates whether increases in the minimum wage in France have the same impact on the average wage when …

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