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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286851
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286872
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286900
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289843
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Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Naritomi, Joana; Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Assunção, … - 2009
This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant 'macro-institutional' setting. We show that characteristics of Brazilian municipalities related to institutional quality and distribution of political power are partly inherited from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269117
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Brainy Africans to fortress Europe: for money or colonial vestiges?
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - 2009
, indifferent between the UK, France and Spain as a destination country. Established immigrant networks and higher standards of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269549
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Growth, history, or institutions? What explains state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - 2010
reverse causality. Colonial variables reflecting the history of the region display a marginal impact on fragility once …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269665
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Income, democracy, and critical junctures
Cervellati, Matteo; Jung, Florian; Sunde, Uwe; Vischer, … - 2012
, as well as within the sample of former colonies. These heterogeneous effects are related to colonial history and early … framework provides evidence for significant but heterogeneous effects of income on democracy for former colonies and non-colonies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291403