In a famous experiment, Stanley Milgram showed in 1969 that, on the average, 6 links (therefore passing through 5 intermediates) were sufficient to connect two strangers in the United States. These six degrees of separation have been observed by other studies but also carrying on small samples....

Open to all private companies, the CICE is equal to 6% of payroll, excluding employer contributions, for wages between 1 and 2.5 SMIC. Representing 20 billion, its funding will be based half on reduction on public expenditures and half on increase of taxes (a reform of VAT from 1 January 2014...

Relying on the World Value Survey data, this paper explores what individuals consider as the most important problems in the world in a sample of about 50 countries. The paper focuses particularly on the fact to prioritize poverty as the most important problem, as poverty constitutes an important...

Our study based on the 4th European Social Survey (2008), shows that typical representations of social cohesion in five European countries (Spain, France, Great Britain, Poland and Switzerland) are very similar. We show how these representations of social cohesion, shapes the individual...

The development of female employment is a major concern of European Union countries and is one specific target of the European Employment Strategy: 60% of the female working age population should be employed in 2010. However, the capacity to meet this objective differs across countries,...