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Supply-Side Policies in the Depression : Evidence from France
Cohen-Setton, Jeremie - 2016
evidence from France in the 1930s. In 1936, France departed from the gold standard and implemented mandatory wage increases and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995511
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French Wine and the U.S. Boycott of 2003 : Does Politics Really Affect Commerce?
Ashenfelter, Orley - 2007
In early 2003, France actively tried to thwart the plans of the Bush administration to build international support for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776517
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How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective
Piketty, Thomas - 2010
United Kingdom is similar to the US pattern. France had less progressive taxes than the US or UK in 1970 but has experienced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760747
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Pauvreté, Egalité, Mortalité : Mortality (In)Equality in France and the United States
Currie, Janet - 2018
We develop a method to compare levels and trends in inequality in mortality in the United States and France in a … similar framework. The comparison shows that while income inequality has increased in both the United States and France …, inequality in mortality in France remained remarkably low and stable. In the United States, inequality in mortality increased for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918612
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Comparing Productivity Growth : An Exploration of French and U.S. Industrial and Firm Data
Griliches, Zvi; Mairesse, Jacques - 2021
This paper compares and analyzes the growth of productivity in the manufacturing industries and firms in France and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013215716
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The Earnings of Linguistic Minorities : French in Canada and Spanish in the United States
Bloom, David E.; Grenier, Gilles - 2021
This paper measures and compares the relative earnings of French and English speakers in Canada, and of Spanish and English speakers in the U.S., in the 1970s and 1980s. In Canada, the earnings gap between French and English speakers narrowed over time, especially in Quebec. This decline appears...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220946
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Firm Level Investment and R&D in France and the United States : A Comparison
Mulkay, Benoit; Hall, Bronwyn H.; Mairesse, Jacques - 2021
incorporates both output (sales or turnover) and cash flow as predictors for investment. Our focus is on two comparisons: France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222959
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The Taxation of Income from Capital : A Comparative Study of the U.S., U.K., Sweden and West Germany--Comparisons of Effective Tax Rates--
King, Mervyn; Fullerton, Don - 2021
This working paper presents Chapter 7 of a book to be published for the National Bureau of Economic Research by the University of Chicago Press. The point of the book is to compare taxes on income from capital in four countries,accounting for corporate, personal, and property taxes, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224427
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Labor and Investment Demand at the Firm Level : a Comparison of French, German and U.S. Manufacturing, 1970-79
Mairesse, Jacques; Dormont, Brigitte - 2021
We investigate how labor and investment demand at the firm level (gross as well as net and replacement investment separately) differs in French, German and U.S. manufacturing, and has changed since the 1974-75 crisis. We use three consistent panel data samples of large firms for1970-79, and rely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013235901
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Minimum Wages and Employment in France and the United States
Abowd, John M.; Kramarz, Francis; Margolis, David N. - 2021
We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013247258