Empirical research using micro data via remote access has been advocated in recent time by statistical offices since confidentiality is easier warranted for this approach. However, disclosure of single values and units cannot be completely avoided. Binary regressors (dummy variables) bear a high...

This paper analyses the link between educational attainment and unemployment risk in a French-German comparison, based on a discrete time competing risks hazard rate model applied to comparable microdata sets. The unemployment risk is broken down into the risk of entering unemployment and the...