In this paper, using matching theory, we analyze the assignment procedure of students to high schools used in France : the Affelnet procedure. We show that this procedure is equivalent to the deferred-acceptance procedure where schools propose, defined by Gale and Shapley [1962]. We deduce that...

We explore the two-way relationship between corporate culture and market structure. We emphasize two market dimensions through which firms interact: the product market where goods are sold and the labor market where managers are hired. We model the firm's principal–agent relationship by...

In this paper, I explore the joint dynamics between gender inequality and cultural norms along the process of development. Cultural norms regarding gender roles are shaped by the relative female labor supply, and thus depend on the gender gap in education. In turn, these norms influence the...

In this article, the industrialization process can be regarded as the transition from traditional to modern and more coercive work organizations. Workers are heterogeneous (autonomous or non-autonomous) and according to their preferences they choose between these two organizational forms. In...

This article focuses on the mutual interplay between changes in divorce rates, divorce laws and cultural acceptance of divorce. The latter differs among individuals and evolves endogenously via cultural transmission mechanisms in which children's preferences are partly shaped by divorce...