In this paper, we propose an analysis of the monthly wage gap in ten of the EU countries (Austria Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United-Kingdom). We use a standard methodology in order to measure the part of the gap which results from male-female...

Since the beginning of the 1980?'s, the feminization of the wage-earnings class has increased, even during the economic crisis. The lack of employment demand has not affected this trend, but it has debased the employment conditions of women. As a consequence, women are more often than men...

Working parents have two main solutions for their children : as far as these outside childcare options are concerned, European countries have generally implemented collective childcare systems public or private. The second solution is the parental leave; it can be either positive or negative on...

Gender discriminations are close but different across European countries. In order to understand how they are built up, it is necessary to appeal to a multidisciplinary approach: economic, social, politic and institutional. At first, inequalities are linked to the social environment: school and...

Since Arrow?'s seminal paper in 1963, health economics has been highly investigated. This paper gives a brief overview of recent developments in health economics following three main directions. First, we analyze health care demand and the link between this demand, needs and health status....