This article analyses some effects of the French upfront subsidy to homeownership called Pret a Taux Zero (PTZ) introduced in 1996. The PTZ can be viewed as a downpayment subsidy to low and middle-income first-time buyers. The effects of the subsidy are modelled by simulating the introduction of...

We use French household data to estimate a structural model of female labor supply and use of paid child care outside the home. Child care costs are found to have little impact on the labor market participation decision of mothers. The model is used to study various policy issues. The influence...

Drawing on five cross-sections of the French Housing Survey, this paper examines the effects on co-residence with their parents of the extension of housing allowances to students that took place between 1991 and 1993. Two effects are found. First housing allowances provide an increased...