The purpose of this paper is to explain why low-wage workers with identical qualifications to higher-wage workers are more exposed to unemployment. Each worker is considered to belong to a social group (defined according to his/her gender, age, and nationality). We assume that workers experience...

The objective of this doctoral thesis is to put forth the role of psychology in the fluctuations of production, redistribution and inequalities. Our work is centered on two axes : i) the importance of psychology with regards to inequalities in determining individual beliefs about the role of...

Cet article tente d’identifier empiriquement les déterminants de la croissance turque à partir de données annuelles de 1980 à 1995. L’analyse empirique s’appuie sur un modèle théorique "canonique" de croissance qui nous sert à élaborer des résultats empiriques. Il nous invite à...

The aim of this study is to identify the micro-economic determinants of the Burgundy wine. Using yearly data, from 1980 to 1999 concerning : harvest, price downstream, inventories downstream, price uphill, inventories uphill, we proceed in two steps : - first step : we try to establish causal...

Cet article défend l'idée selon laquelle une scolarisation minimale obligatoire peut constituer un complément efficace à une taxe qui financerait l'éducation en présence d'évasion fiscale. Nous construisons un modèle à générations d'agents dans lequel deux régimes d'éducation sont...

In this paper, we analyze whether the development of a growing economy could be impeded if a binding climate agreement were signed at the international level. Specifically, we study, in the case of a developing country, the initial momentum for development in the presence of binding emission...

We show, in contrast with Stiglitz, that an inegalitarian long run equi- librium can emerge in a Solow growth model framework, with linear consumption function. We then interpret this result in line with marxian economics. We extend the results by incorporating some features of the...

The aim of this paper is to show that inequalities of wealth can be necessary conditions to explain the apparition and rise of a capitalistic system. We try to highlight Marx's insights on primitive accumulation. Our dynamic framework is consistent with Roemer's idea of endogenous class...

Most of the international environmental agreements that have been signed in the past to resolve transboundary pollution problems appear constrained in the sense that either monetary transfers accompany uniform abatement standards (agreements based on a uniform standard with monetary transfers),...