This paper provides evidence that workers' compensation (WC) and unemployment insurance (UI)could affect not only the occurence of workplace accident claims, but also the composition of these reported accidents. Our theoretical framework predicts that, under plausible assumptions, an increase in...

We propose a consumption-based capital asset pricing model in which the representative agent's preferences display state-dependent risk aversion. We obtain a valuation equation in which the vector of excess returns on equity includes both consumption risk as well as the risk associated with...

The federal government announced in its 2012 budget its intention to delay the age of eligibility for Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement from 65 to 67 years. By the time the policy is fully implemented (i.e., in 2030), this delay will have increased net revenues of the federal...

This paper extends the standard work effort model by allowing workers to interact through networks. We investigate experimentally whether peer performances and peer contextual effects influence individual performances. Two types of network are considered. Participants in Recursive networks are...

Les données de l'Institut canadien d'information en santé (ICIS) et le modèle de micro-simulation dynamique de SIMUL permettent à la fois de projeter les dépenses en santé du Québec jusqu'en 2030 et d'en évaluer l'importance par rapport au PIB et aux revenus de l'État. Un scénario...

We provide the first empirical application of a new approach proposed by Lee (2007) to estimate peer effects in a linear-in-means model when individuals interact in groups. Assuming sufficient group size variation, this approach allows to control for correlated effects at the group level and to...

Nous estimons les effets de pairs et le multiplicateur social dans la décision des entreprises de s'adonner à la fraude sociale (cotisations de sécurité sociale non déclarées et dissimulation de salariés). Les données proviennent d'une enquête menée pour 2009 par l'Agence centrale des...

Le gouvernement fédéral a annoncé dans son dernier budget son intention de reporter l'âge d'admissibilité aux prestations de la Sécurité de la Vieillesse et de Supplément de Revenu Garanti de 65 à 67 ans. À terme (c'est-à-dire, en 2030), ce report devrait augmenter les revenus nets du...

The principal aim of this paper is to present an analysis of the factors that influence the dynamics of welfare spells among households. Four sets of variables are distinguished: variables that affect work conditions and individual preferences; variables that influence labour market rationing;...

The paper extends the standard tax evasion model by allowing for social interactions. In Manski's (1993) nomenclature, our model takes into account social conformity effects (i.e., endogenous interactions), fairness effects (i.e., exogenous interactions) and sorting effects (i.e., correlated...