Over the 1967-2015 period, net wage inequality has decreased in France by 25%, in contrast to the significant increase … the same period. We show that, (a) standard demand-side explanations for the rise in inequality apply in France when …

market in France has polarized: employment shares of high and low wage occupations have grown, while middle wage occupations … conclude that technological change, mediated through techies, is an important cause of polarization in France. Firm-level trade …

, Canada, and France. We argue that the same forces that led to falling real wages for less-skilled workers in the U ….S. affected similar workers in Canada and France. Consistent with the view that labor market institutions are more rigid in France … somewhat less in Canada, and did not fall at all in France. Contrary to expectations, however, we find little evidence that …

same data. Taking advantage of a rich matched employer-employee dataset for France over the period 1984-2001, we … bargaining process in France over the considered period …

Wage inequality decreased continuously in France from 1969 to 2008. In contrast to the US and the UK, this period was … upper tail wage inequality in France relative to other countries. Using a model with imperfect substitution between … wage inequality at the top of the distribution in France during this period is explained by the increase in the educational …