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Immigrants and Unemployment in the European Community: From the Eyes of Natives
Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 1999
This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the European Union. Earlier papers measure the presence of immigrants in the local labor market by computing the share of the foreigners in specific regions. This paper, instead, utilizes...
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The transition from work to retirement
Eichhorst, Werner - 2011
The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the EU through a strategy of active ageing. Yet despite some progress over the last decade, empirical data show persistent diversity across EU member states. Institutional arrangements of social and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278796
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A primer on the 35-hour in France, 1997 - 2007
Askenazy, Philippe - 2008
France has experienced massive changes in its regulation of working time during the last decade. These changes generate …
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Public housing and residential segregation of immigrants in France, 1968-1999
Verdugo, Gregory - 2011
This paper studies the evolution of the residential segregation of immigrants between and within urban areas in France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274609
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The French unhappiness puzzle: The cultural dimension of happiness
Senik, Claudia - 2011
-negligible importance in explaining international heterogeneity in happiness. In some countries, such as France, they are responsible for 80 …
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"One Muslim is enough!" Evidence from a field experiment in France
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2011
Anti-Muslim prejudice is widespread in Western countries. Yet, Muslims are expected to constitute a growing share of the total population in Western countries over the next decades. This paper predicts that this demographic trend will increase anti-Muslim prejudice. Relying on experimental games...
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Gender, economic development and Islam: A perspective from France
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2012
national origin and ethnicity, and on experimental as well as survey evidence collected in France, puts this syllogism to a …
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Muslims in France: Identifying a discriminatory equilibrium
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2012
. Survey and experimental data collected in France in 2009 reveal that Muslims and rooted French are locked in a sub …
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Personal bankruptcy law, wealth and entrepreneurship: Theory and evidence from the introduction of a fresh start
Fossen, Frank M. - 2011
tests the hypotheses derived by exploiting the introduction of a fresh start policy in Germany in 1999 as a natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274553
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Income taxation and household size: would French family splitting make German families better off?
Baclet, Alexandre; Dell, Fabien; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2005
compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than …
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