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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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The French Productivity Puzzle

Askenazy, Philippe - 2015

Since 2008, France experiences a sharp productivity slowdown. Both output per hour and total factor productivity are …

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Estimating a Model of Qualitative and Quantitative Education Choices in France

Belzil, Christian - 2018

We estimate a structural model of education choices in which individuals choose between a professional (or technical) and a general track at both high school and university levels using French panel data (Génération 98). The average per-period utility of attending general high school (about...

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National Origin Wage Differentials in France : Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

Aeberhardt, Romain; Pouget, Julien - 2021

This paper attempts to explain national origin wage differentials in France. Our data come from a matched employer … according to the parents' birthplace (France, North Africa and Southern Europe). We perform a switching regression model of wage …

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Testing the Specification of the Mincer Wage Equation

Belzil, Christian - 2021

I perform the joint estimation of a reduced-form dynamic model of the transition from one grade level to the next, and a Mincer wage equation, using panel data taken from the NLSY. A very high degree of flexibility is achieved by approximating the distributions of idiosyncractic grade transition...

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Education and Early Career Outcomes of Second-Generation Immigrants in France

Belzil, Christian; Poinas, François - 2021

We estimate a flexible dynamic model of education choices and early career employment outcomes of the French population. Individuals are allowed to choose between 4 options: continue to the next grade, accept a permanent contract, accept a temporary contract, or withdraw from the labor force (a...

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