Pour anticiper au mieux les villes de demain, un travail de prospective sur la demande de transport urbain est nécessaire. Pour y répondre, l'étude calibre un modèle de demande de mobilité urbaine construit sur les principales variables structurelles identifiées dans la littérature. Ce...

La réforme comptable en Chine nous offre un bon exemple de l'harmonisation comptable internationale. Cependant, les attitudes de précipitation manifestées par les autorités pendant la réforme et la tendance irrésistible d'américanisation du système comptable chinois depuis la réforme,...

This article aims to establish a link between the unemployment duration and the inter vivos transfers received by the unemployed individuals. We present a model where the transfer shapes the receiver's job search strategy while the donor bases it on the receiver's unemployment duration....

Cette contribution cherche à déterminer les transferts de technologies vertes inhérents aux importations chinoises en provenance du Japon. Toutefois, la quantification de ce type de transferts se heurte à un vide méthodologique et requiert l'établissement d'une liste de biens dont le...

In this paper, we aim at assessing Markov-switching and threshold models in their ability to identify turning points of economic cycles. By using vintage data that are updated on a monthly basis, we compare their ability to detect ex-post the occurrence of turning points of the classical...

In this paper, we argue that credit market imperfections impact not only the level of unemployment, but also its persistence. For this purpose, we first develop a theoretical model based on the equilibrium matching framework of Mortensen and Pissarides (1999) and Pissarides (2000) where we...

Book review of "The Natural Survival of Work: Job Creation and Job Destruction in a Growing Economy". By Pierre Cahuc and André Zylberberg.

This paper uses repeated cross-section data ISSP data from 1989, 1997 and 2005 to consider movements in job quality. It is first underlined that not having a job when you want one is a major source of low well-being. Second, job values have remained fairly stable over time, although workers seem...

This paper provides new evidence on the linkages between a large array of institutional arrangements (on product, labour and financial markets) and employment performance. Our analysis includes unemployment, inactivity and jobless rates, thus allowing us to control for possible substitution...

The randomized trial literature has helped to renew the field of microeconometric policy evaluation by emphasizing identification issues raised by endogenous program participation. Measurement and attrition issues have perhaps received less attention. This paper analyzes the dramatic impact of...