Should education become more vocational or more general? We address this question in two steps. We first build and solve a two-sector matching model with generalists and specialists. Generalists pursue jobs in both sectors; however, they come second in job queues. Specialists seek for jobs in a...

Cet article étudie les impacts de la Responsabilité Sociétale de l'Entreprise (RSE) sur le système de contrôle mis en place par une entreprise du secteur énergétique. Ces impacts sont analysés grâce au cadre théorique des leviers de contrôle proposé par Simons. La RSE a provoqué une...

What is the knowledge needed to allow an industrial merge in a very poor area: that is the question of the paper. The paper look what is the experience and education of bosses and workers participating the first generation of private owned industry in a non industrial area that became the world...

Face à l'échec relatif des dispositifs législatifs en matière d'égalité professionnelle, les pratiques de RSE peuvent apparaitre comme une solution pour réduire les inégalités que les femmes subissent encore quant à leurs conditions d'emploi. Nous nous interrogeons sur ce point en...

Partant des conditions dans lesquelles s'élabore la " mesure " en matière responsabilité sociale, d'une part, et de l'insertion de la RSE dans la pensée stratégique, d'autre part, l'article montre que l'évaluation relève d'une logique de communication. Communication ne signifiant pas...

This paper aims at explaining why countries with comparable levels of education still experience notable differences in terms of R&D and innovation. High-skilled migration, ultimately linked to differences in R&D costs, might be responsible for the persistence of such a gap. In fact, in a model...

This article aims at investigating the interplay between environmental quality, health and development. We consider an OLG model, where human capital dynamics depend on the current environment, through its impact on children's school attendance. In turn, environmental quality dynamics depend on...

Cet article étudie le comportement des producteurs de biens addictifs qui font face à une demande avec interactions sociales. Plus précisément, il explore comment les producteurs, intervenant sur un marché légal (tabac, alcool, jeux), sont susceptibles de prendre en compte le possible...

Following Ben-Porath (1967), the influence of life expectancy on education has attracted much attention. Whereas existing growth models rely on an education decision made either by the child or by his parent, we revisit the Ben-Porath effect when the education is the outcome of a bargaining...

We here ask whether sports participation at school is positively correlated with adult labour-market outcomes. There are many potential channels for this effect, although, as usual, identifying a causal relationship is difficult. We appeal to two widely-separated waves of Add Health data to map...