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Regional Policy Evaluation : Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls

Gobillon, Laurent - 2013

unemployment of an enterprise zone policy implemented in France in the 1990s …

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Real Unit Labour Costs in Eurozone Countries : Drivers and Clusters

Ordóñez Monfort, Javier - 2014

We examine the trajectories of the real unit labour costs (RULCs) in a selection of Eurozone economies. Strong asymmetries in the convergence process of the RULCs and its components – real wages, capital intensity, and technology – are uncovered through decomposition and cluster analyses. In...

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The Gradual Transformation of Continental European Labor Markets : France and Germany Compared

Eichhorst, Werner - 2007

Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …

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Would a Euro's Depreciation Improve the French Economy?

Magnani, Riccardo - 2017

In this paper, we use a Micro-Macro model to evaluate the effects of a euro's depreciation on the French economy, both at the macro and micro level. Our Micro-Macro model consists of a Microsimulation model that includes an arithmetical model for the French fiscal system and two behavioral...

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Social Assistance in Five Countries in North-Western Europe

Hansen, Hans - 2016

In this paper, we calculate the disposable incomes in 2012 of three selected family types receiving social assistance in five countries in north-western Europe. We also calculate the net replacement rates for families receiving social assistance, calculated on the basis of the disposable incomes...

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Effect of Immigration on Depression Among Older Natives in Western Europe

Escarce, Jose - 2019

To our knowledge, no study has examined the effect of immigration on the health of older natives. We use the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration affects depression among natives 65-80 years old. Immigration may increase the supply and lower...

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Youth Unemployment in Old Europe : The Polar Cases of France and Germany

Cahuc, Pierre - 2013

France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … observed in Southern European countries, a "lost generation" may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has … short-term oriented policies can only have temporary effects. Ultimately, the youth unemployment disease in France and in …

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Control Rights in Public-Private Partnerships

Francesconi, Marco - 2006

This paper develops a theory of the allocation of authority between two parties that produce impure public goods. We show that the optimal allocation depends on technological factors, the parties' valuations of the goods produced, and the degree of impurity of these goods. When the degree of...

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Firm-Worker Matching in Industrial Clusters

Figueiredo, Octávio - 2011

In this paper we use a novel approach and a large Portuguese employer-employee panel data set to study the hypothesis that industrial agglomeration improves the quality of the firm-worker matching process. Our method makes use of recent developments in the estimation and analysis of models with...

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Employment Concentration and Resource Allocation : One-Company Towns in Russia

Commander, Simon John - 2011

The paper looks at the effects of employment concentration on resource allocation with a particular focus on one-company towns in Russia defined as towns where a single company accounts for a significant share of total employment of the locality. Empirical analysis of firms' production functions...

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