In Canada, a policy aiming at helping single parents on social assistance become self-reliant was implemented on an experimental basis. The Self-Sufficiency Entry Effects Demonstration randomly selected a sample of 4,134 single parents who had applied for welfare between January 1994 and March...

[eng] Quebec's young disadvantaged - poorly educated - men performed poorly in terms of employability on the Canadian labour market over the last decade. An analysis of the effects of the government employment schemes designed for them makes this phenomenon even more interesting, especially...

We analyze the results from three randomized controlled trials conducted in France between 2006 and 2010 in order to evaluate programs aiming at providing job-search assistance to job seekers. Several conclusions may be useful for the design of programs in the future. In particular, compared to...

[eng] Mobility and Short-Term Job Arrangements on the French Job Market: A Longitudinal Analysis for the 1986 to 1988 Period, by Denis Fougère, Thierry Kamionka.. . This paper deals with estimates based on a "mover-stayer" model using the panelized French Labour Force Survey for 1986 to 1988....

[spa] La modelización econométrica de las transiciones individuales en el mercado de trabajo, . por Jean-Pierre Florens, Denis Fougère, Thierry Kamionka y Michel Mouchart.. . Este artículo propone una presentación general y no demasiado técnica de los modelos econométricos actualmente...

In this paper we present a study on mobility and careers, using a unique panel data set in France. The fh-dads database, resulting from the matching of Pôle Emploi (French National Employment Agency) historical database and dads panel data set, allows us to highlight indeed stability and...

We offer a statistical model of the order flow and estimate it using high frequency data from the Paris Bourse. Our model jointly explains the duration between two consecutive orders and the relative aggressiveness of the orders, depending upon the past ordes and the state of the book. Our...

We consider a dynamic model for the participation decision to the labour market of the women who live in couple. We estimate a dynamic probit model with random effects using the french part of the Europanel, for the period going from 1994 to 2001 and using a simulated maximum likehood estimator....

This paper contains estimations of transition intensities between states characterizing the individual situation on the French labor market over the period 1986-1988. These states are: non-participation, unemployment, unstable jobs and stable jobs. The estimation methods allow to derive...