This paper studies under which conditions a cross-sectional regression yields unbiased estimates of the parameters of an individual dynamic model with fixed effects and individual-specific responses to macro shocks. We show that the OLS estimation of a relationship involving non stationary...

We develop an equilibrium wage-posting model with heterogeneous firms that decide to locate in the formal or the informal sector and workers who search randomly on and off the job. We estimate the model on Brazilian labor force survey data. In equilibrium, firms of equal productivity locate in...

We study the debate relative to grade retention in the educational system. We first consider the practice of grade retention from the point of view of economic analysis. We then study the specific statistical and econometric problems posed by the measurement of the treatment effects of grade...

We develop an empirical search-matching model which is suitable for analyzing the wage, employment and welfare impact of regulation in a labor market with heterogeneous workers and jobs. To achieve this we develop an equilibrium model of wage determination and employment which extends the...

We develop and estimate an equilibrium job search model of worker careers, allowing for human capital accumulation, employer heterogeneity and individual-level shocks. Wage growth is decomposed into contributions of human capital and job search, within and between jobs. Human capital...

[spa] El coste de la actividad femenina : estimación mediante un modelo de demanda condicional, . por Anne Pascal y Jean-Marc Robin.. . En este artículo, comenzamos presentando la literatura econórmca en materia de modelización de las optionee individuales de consumo y de oferta de trabajo...

[spa] Evaluacion de los efectos presupuestarios y redistributivos de reformas de la fiscalidad indirecta francesa . por Véronique Nichèle y Jean-Marc Robin . El présente artîculo esta dedicado a la evaluacion del impacto de dos reformas de la fiscalidad indirecta francesa : aplicaciôn de...

In this paper, we estimate a structural model of femal participation to the labour market when there exists participation costs which vary with labour supply, and when total household's labour income are taxed. Extending previous attempts (Cogan [1981], Bourguignon, Magnac [1990]), we base the...

In this paper we extend the equilibrium search models of Burdett and Mortensen [1998], Burdett and Vishwanath [1988] and Mortensen and Vishwanath [1994] to allow for endogenous matching and endogenous capital determination. In our model, in order to attract a positive measure of workers, firms...