The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional … variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that, in contrast to conventional wisdom that … views early industrialization as a predominantly deskilling process, the industrial revolution was conducive for human …

We investigate the difference in homeownership rates between natives and first-generation immigrants in France, and how …

success once industrialization transforms the economic landscape …

the market price for domestic services. We exploit time-diary data for Great Britain and France, relying on cross …

comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages … services firms into exporting does not show up among firms from France and the UK where no statistically significant …

margins in the last forty years in three countries: United-States, United-Kingdom and France. We develop a statistical …

also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK …

-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 …