The aim of this paper is to highlight the individual characteristics that affect the duration of obtaining housing. The data used are from the housing survey carried out by Insee (Paris, 2006). The results show that family and social criteria are not the only criteria used by social landlords in...

This article studies the relation between the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition and the estimated coefficient of a dummy variable for a linear regression. We calculate the unexplained part of the decomposition from the estimated coefficient of the dummy variable. More precisely, if the exogenous...

Purpose: This paper is the first of its kind to look at first-year undergraduates in France. The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of holding down a job on the probability of students dropping out of higher education or passing their first year. Design/methodology/approach: Given...