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Home-ownership and unemployment : a French test of the Oswald hypothesis

Sari, Florent - In: Revue d'économie régionale & urbaine : RERU (2015) 1/2, pp. 211-249

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Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession : France vs. Spain

Bentolila, Samuel - 2010

This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We …

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The Cyclicality of the Separation and Job Finding Rates in France

Hairault, Jean-Olivier - 2012

In this paper, we aim to shed light on the relative contribution of the separation and job finding rates to French unemployment at business cycle frequencies by using administrative data on registered unemployment and labor force surveys. We first investigate the fluctuations in steady state...

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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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The Detrimental Effect of Job Protection on Employment : Evidence from France

Cahuc, Pierre - 2019

According to French law, employers have to pay at least six months salary to employees whose seniority exceeds two years in case of unfair dismissal. We show, relying on data, that this regulation entails a hike in severance payments at two-year seniority which induces a significant rise in the...

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Customer Discrimination and Employment Outcomes : Theory and Evidence from the French Labor Market

Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 2014

The paper investigates the link between the over-exposure of African immigrants to unemployment in France and their …

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Educational Attainment and Labor Market Performance : An Analysis of Immigrants in France

Akgüc, Mehtap - 2015

Using a recent survey of immigrants to France, we provide a detailed analysis of the educational attainment and labor … market performance of various sub-population groups in France. Our results indicate that immigrants to France are less …

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Ethnic Unemployment Rates and Frictional Markets

Gobillon, Laurent - 2013

The unemployment rate in France is roughly 6 percentage points higher for African immigrants than for natives. In the … rate gap in both France and the US, amounting to 17% to 25% of the relative gap in France and about 10% in the US. Among … these factors, differences in commuting distance plays the most important role. In France, though, longer commuting …

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Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Methods for Dynamic Treatment Evaluation

van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2016

We develop a nonparametric instrumental variable approach for the estimation of average treatment effects on hazard rates and conditional survival probabilities, without model structure. We derive constructive identification proofs for average treatment effects under noncompliance and dynamic...

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The Unequal Cost of Job Loss Across Countries

Bertheau, Antoine; Acabbi, Edoardo Maria; Barcelo, Cristina - 2022

We document the consequences of losing a job across countries using a harmonized research design. Workers in Denmark …

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