Phelps [Phelps, E. (1994): "Low-wage employment subsidies versus the welfare state", American Economic Review 84, 54-58.] presented the case for a low-wage subsidy policy. Since the mid-1990s, France has experimented with this strategy. This paper evaluates the effect of this policy on...

In this paper, we show that a short distance to the age of the full rate is one factor explaining not only the lowest employment rate of the seniors, but also to their low investment in training. This gives a new dividend to the incentive policies to postpone the retirement age: extending the...

This paper analyzes how long run productivity gains can be used by agents to change their optimal allocation between consumption, health services, and non-market activities during their life cycle. We develop a stylized model accounting for the endogenous number of years in school, retirement...

This study measures and compares the access to a job interview provided by two vocational degrees, ceteris paribus: a Certificat d?Aptitude Professionnelle (CAP), below A-level, and a vocational baccalauréat (A-level). The evaluation is performed on experimental data collected for plumbers and...

Our paper seeks to gain insights into the effects of labor-market institutions on the dynamics of the labor market, during the diffusion process of new technologies. Because these institutions differ between Europe and the United States, we expect the dynamics of the labor market to also diverge...

The ADRES conference "Labor market outcomes: a transatlantic perspective" took place in Paris, in January 2008. It was jointly organized by the University of Le Mans and the EDHEC Business School. Approximately 40 papers were presented in plenary and parallel sessions. The plenary speakers were...

[fre] La méthode des moments généralisés et ses extensions. Théorie et applications en macro-économie . par Patrick Fève, François Langot . L'objectif de cet article est d'exposer les résultats théoriques principaux de la méthode des moments généralisés. Dans un premier temps, les...