Search Results - "Gerard, François"

Job Displacement Insurance and (the Lack of) Consumption-Smoothing by Gerard, François, Naritomi, Joana

“…We study the spending profile of workers who experience both a positive transitory income shock (lump-sum severance pay) and a negative permanent income shock…”
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Social protection response to the COVID-19 crisis: options for developing countries by Gerard, François, Imbert, Clément, Orkin, Kate

“…Abstract The public health response to COVID-19 in many countries has involved strict restrictions on movement and economic activity which threaten the…”
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Informal Labor and the Efficiency Cost of Social Programs: Evidence from Unemployment Insurance in Brazil by Gerard, François, Gonzaga, Gustavo

“…It is widely believed that the presence of a large informal sector increases the efficiency cost of social programs in developing countries. We evaluate such…”
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Assortative Matching or Exclusionary Hiring? The Impact of Employment and Pay Policies on Racial Wage Differences in Brazil by Gerard, François, Lagos, Lorenzo, Severnini, Edson, Card, David

“…We measure the effects of firm policies on racial pay differences in Brazil. Non-Whites are less likely to be hired by high-wage firms, explaining about 20…”
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Bounds on treatment effects in regression discontinuity designs with a manipulated running variable by Gerard, François, Rokkanen, Miikka, Rothe, Christoph

“…The key assumption in regression discontinuity analysis is that the distribution of potential outcomes varies smoothly with the running variable around the…”
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Sanitation and property tax compliance: Analyzing the social contract in Brazil by Kresch, Evan Plous, Walker, Mark, Best, Michael Carlos, Gerard, François, Naritomi, Joana

“…This paper investigates the role that sanitation plays in upholding the social contract, whereby citizens pay taxes in exchange for governments providing goods…”
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Dispersion of Cellulose Nanofibers in Methacrylate-Based Nanocomposites by Cavallo, Valentina, Pruvost, Sébastien, Gerard, Jean-François, Fina, Alberto

“…Poly(methylmethacrylate- -methacrylic acid) (PMMA- -MAA) polymers were prepared via cobalt-mediated free radical copolymerization and were characterized after…”
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How does paraffin wax prevent evaporation of acrylic‐based syrups dedicated to fiber‐reinforced composite processing? by Charlier, Quentin, Lortie, Frédéric, Gerard, Jean‐François

“…ABSTRACT This study focuses on volatility and processing issues which can be faced when handling acrylic syrups designed for adhesive or composite…”
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Space-Use Patterns of the Asiatic Wild Ass (Equus hemionus): Complementary Insights from Displacement, Recursion Movement and Habitat Selection Analyses by Giotto, Nina, Gerard, Jean-François, Ziv, Alon, Bouskila, Amos, Bar-David, Shirli

“…The way in which animals move and use the landscape is influenced by the spatial distribution of resources, and is of importance when considering species…”
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Experimental study of the dynamic behaviour of loaded polyurethane foam free fall investigation and evaluation of microstructure by Boumdouha, Noureddine, Safidine, Zitouni, Boudiaf, Achraf, Duchet-Rumeau, Jannick, Gerard, Jean-François

“…We aim to maintain as much control over the microstructure development during the manufacture of polyurethane foam with a specific density. As a result, the…”
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Interactions between sibling species of treecreepers Certhia familiaris and C. brachydactyla in the Pyrenees and the mistaken identity hypothesis by Clouet, Michel, Gerard, Jean-François

“…Aggressive interactions between two treecreeper species were probably the result from misidentification of heterospecifics rather than resource competition. To…”
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Rheokinetic study of acrylic reactive mixtures dedicated to fast processing of fiber‐reinforced thermoplastic composites by Charlier, Quentin, Fontanier, Jean‐Charles, Lortie, Frédéric, Pascault, Jean‐Pierre, Gerard, Jean‐François

“…ABSTRACT This study focuses on the characterization of acrylic reactive mixtures designed for liquid composite molding (LCM) and yielding thermoplastic…”
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Nothing in the Environment Makes Sense Except in the Light of a Living System: Organisms, Their Relationships to the Environment, and Evolution by Gerard, Jean-François, Maublanc, Marie-Line

“…The neo-Darwinian theory of evolution and adaptation by natural selection has got us used to considering organisms’ features as solutions to problems set by…”
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Correlation Between Composites Behavior and the Manufacturing Process Used by Hammiche, Dalila, Boukerrou, Amar, Duchet‐Rumeau, Jannick, Gerard, Jean‐François

“…In this work, alfa fiber reinforced polyvinyl chloride (PVC) composites treated with PVC‐g‐MA (5%), used as a compatibilizer, are prepared using three…”
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Factors affecting the distribution of the sibling species of treecreepers Certhia familiaris and C. brachydactyla in the Pyrenees by Clouet, Michel, Gerard, Jean-François

“…We investigated the main environmental variables determining the occurrence of the Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris and Short-toed Treecreeper…”
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Impact of a neuroscience intervention (NeuroStratE) on the school performance of high school students: Academic achievement, self-knowledge and autonomy through a metacognitive approach by Cherrier, Sophie, Le Roux, Pierre-Yves, Gerard, François-Marie, Wattelez, Guillaume, Galy, Olivier

“…Contributions from the cognitive neurosciences encourage the development of innovative tools in learning. Through an innovative intervention program called…”
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Development and Characterization of Tailored Polyurethane Foams for Shock Absorption by Noureddine, Boumdouha, Zitouni, Safidine, Achraf, Boudiaf, Houssém, Chabane, Jannick, Duchet-Rumeau, Jean-François, Gerard

“…In this paper, different types of polyurethane foams (PUR) having various chemical compositions have been produced with a specific density to monitor the…”
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Microencapsulated Diepoxy-Functionalized Ionic Liquids to the Design of Self-Healable Epoxy Networks by Shi, Ting, Livi, Sébastien, Duchet-Rumeau, Jannick, Gerard, Jean-François

“…An extrinsic self-healing mechanism based on microencapsulated healing agents represents an original way to produce self-healable thermosetting materials…”
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Research on the Dynamic Response Properties of Nonlethal Projectiles for Injury Risk Assessment by Boumdouha, Noureddine, Duchet-Rumeau, Jannick, Gerard, Jean-François, Tria, Djalel Eddine, Oukara, Amar

“…Based on the models already on the market, we have manufactured six types of nonlethal projectiles. We have made convex heads out of polyurethane foam (PUR)…”
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On the use of prickly pear seed fibres as reinforcement in polylactic acid biocomposites by Klaai, Lisa, Hammiche, Dalila, Boukerrou, Amar, Duchet-Rumeau, Jannick, Gerard, Jean-François, Guermazi, Noamen

“…Among the biopolymers available in the world, polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the highest biopolymers produced globally, thus, making it suitable for product…”
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