We study the consequences of the Stability and Growth Pact on the implementation of fiscal and monetary policies in Europe. Within a two-country model in a monetary union; two fiscal frameworks are alternatively introduced: governments minimise a loss function and stabilise public debt in the...

In a first section, we evaluate the effects of the reform program proposed by the Public Health Insurance (la Caisse Nationale d?'Assurance Maladie, part of the Sécurité Sociale) using the MOSAIQUE Keynesian macro-economic model. We also analyze some alternative sets of reforms chosen for...

Social capital has a significant impact on status attainment which does not duplicate the well known effects of other forms of capital. All things being equal, the type of personal network mobilized to find a job is (in France according to the INSEE Labor force survey) likely to alter the...

The biggest countries of the Euro area agreed upon strict nominal constraints to build the monetary union. Some of their previous imbalances have been corrected at high cost. The private debt burden eased in France, though high interest rates made it heavier at first. Italy suffered to close the...

A detailed analysis of European statistics on women??s employment underline the differences among nine countries in the employment??s rates, employment?'s modes (full time, part-time) and their trends from 1984 and 1997. The correlation between these trends and some indicators as well national...

This article offers a micro-macro-economic approach for the long term analysis of health care sector and health care policies. The medical supply behavior is built using a «working-time allocation choice» between various qualities of care ; this choice is connected to a decomposition of health...