We use the demand system approach to estimate the size of informal economy in Turkey following the methodology based on the analysis of the individual consumption behaviour proposed by Pissarides, Weber [1989], Lyssiotou et al. [2004] and Fortin et al. [2009]. We extend this method by taking...

This paper contributes to the discussion of the compatibility of consumers' behavior in "real" life with GARP. Within expenditure panel data we observe a relatively low rate of violation (240 out of 3630 households). We show that these violations do not imply an "irrational" behavior of the...

Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States? This "jobs gap" has typically been blamed on the rigidity of European labor markets. But in Services and Employment, an international group of leading labor economists suggests quite a different explanation....

[fre] Estimations de lois de consommation sur un pseudo panel d'enquêtes de l'Insee ( 1979, 1984, 1989) . par Nilton Cardoso et François Gardes . L'estimation de systèmes complets de demande est généralement opérée sur séries temporelles agrégées du fait de la non-disponibilité de...

[spa] I - Ingresos e intenciones de compra, . por François Gardes y Jean-Loup Madre.. . A partir de dos estudios realizados con un año de intervalo, con la misma unidad familiar, se elaboró un modelo de anticipación de los ingresos a partir de la situación finantiera o del dinero ahorrado....

[fre] La pauvreté selon les ménages : une évaluation subjective et indexée sur leur revenu . Quelle signification se trouve conférée par les ménages à l'expression " subvenir à ses besoins ", telle qu'elle ressort du montant dont ils estiment nécessaire de disposer pour assurer la...

This paper provides additional evidence, using time-series and cross-sectional Canadian survey data, for the Easterlin hypothesis of an important income elasticity of individual needs. Our analysis is based on the regression of a minimum income to satisfy needs equation derived from a simple...