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Do unemplodyed workers benefit from enterprise zones? : The French experience
Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry; Selod, Harris - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009406551
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107199
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080135
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Do Unemployed Workers Benefit from Enterprise Zones? The French Experience
Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
This paper presents an impact evaluation of the French enterprise zone program which was initiated in 1997 to help unemployed workers find employment by granting a significant wage-tax exemption (about one third of total labor costs) to firms hiring at least 20% of their labor force locally....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110194