In this paper, we investigate the extent of the effects of children and child-related time out of the labor market on the gender wage gap in France, with special attention to its impact on the accumulation and composition of human capital. Measuring this impact requires detailed information on...

In den USA ist der Anteil der Niedriglöhne doppelt so hoch wie in Frankreich; jedoch ist er in den vergangenen Jahren jenseits des Atlantiks relativ konstant geblieben, während er in Frankreich angestiegen ist. Die Merkmale der in den beiden Ländern betroffenen Arbeitnehmer sind miteinander...

The 2010 EU-SILC thematic module on intra-household allocation of resources was aimed at investigating income organization, household members' contribution to common expenses, as well as access to and control over money within households. This Working Paper is an exploration of the results of...

The aim of the paper is to discuss two problematic aspects of the statistical approach to the notion of "working poor" : the definition of workers (including that used for the European indicator "in-work poverty risk") and the double level (worker-individual / at risk of poverty-household) of...

Women are over-represented in public and nonprofit sector jobs. This article aims to bring to light the reasons behind that phenomenon. In particular, do women choose these sectors because they offer female employees specific advantages that are absent from the private sector? The feminization...

We document the educational integration of immigrant children with a focus on the link between family size and educational decisions and distinguishing particularly between firstand second-generation immigrants and between source country groups. First, for immigrant adolescents, we show...