In many countries, a reversing trend in the evolution of the hired labour force in agriculture was observed : its share in the agricultural employment which had decreased regularly since decades has increased for the last ten years. We propose an analysis of the factors bearing upon the...

Ce travail se justifie par l'absence d'indicateur socio-économique de gestion durable de la forêt privée fragmentée des agriculteurs. L'objectif est d'apprécier la performance de différents scénarios sylvicoles avec un outil qui tienne compte des spécificités de cette forêt telle que...

A theoretical model of sequential first-price auctions where bidders are risk-averse and values are affiliated is developed. For constant risk-aversion utility functions and a particular specification of affiliation, closed-form solutions for the symmetric equilibrium of a sequence of k...

Si l'érosion, due à l'eau, sur les parcelles agricoles du versant du Sud-Ouest de la France, dans le Lauragais (Midi-Pyrénées), est bien réelle et occasionne des dégâts sur les équipements collectifs et sur les cultures, elle est rarement combattue. Au contraire, les évolutions de la...

[eng] Abstract: In trench forest, the contractor woodcutter tends to replace the wage-earner woodcutter. The contractor is required because the costs of the accidents wage-earner woodcutter in forest are too important for the employers. But the contractor woodcutter will work in forest in the...

In many developed countries, the share of wage employment out of the total agricultural labour force has been increasing for the last ten years. Using data from French agricultural censuses, we present an analysis of the factors that influence households' decisions about whether to work on the...

Large forest estates actively participate in the marketing of timber in France. However, the marketing of wood from private and public large forest estates (over 25 ha) could be improved by better managing price risk in multiannual supply contracts of the timber industry: creation of...

Le but de l'étude consiste à analyser le processus de choix du type de formation retenu par les élèves en confrontant en particulier leurs voeux tels qu'ils les hiérarchisent et la décision administrative finale d'affectation. Parmi les déterminants qui font qu'un élève va préférer...