Based on optimal currency area theories, this paper applies the empirical methodology of structural VAR to revisit the question of whether UK should join or not the Euro zone. Correlations of effective exchange rates between UK and US on one side and between UK and its major European partners...

En s'appuyant sur la base de données de la Banque Mondiale " Global Preferential Trade Agreements Data Base (GPTAD) " qui recense plus de 268 accords de libre échange, la communication propose une analyse des clauses environnementales pouvant figurer dans ces accords, en particulier dans les...

[eng] This paper first lists the main explanations of the specific difficulties youth encounter when entering the labour market. After having briefly reviewed social policy measures targeted for young people, it presents an econometric study of their access to employ­ment or to social measures....