We estimate the public wage gap in France for the period 1990-2002, both at the mean andat different quantiles of the wage distribution, for men and women separately. We account forunobserved heterogeneity by using fixed effects estimations on panel data and, departingfrom usual practice, allow...

The current debt crisis has given rise to a debate about deeper fiscal integration in Europe. The view is widespread that moving towards a 'fiscal union' would have a stabilising effect in the event of macroeconomic shocks. In this paper we study the economic effects of introducing two elements...