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Le débat sur les fuites de jeunes qualifiés hors de France est récurrent mais semble prendre une dimension nouvelle avec les débats sur la fiscalité. Or, contrairement à certains commentaires, il n’y a pas en France de fuite massive des personnes les plus qualifiées, tout au plus une...
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Dans son ouvrage, Le capital au XXIe siècle, Thomas Piketty souligne les risques d’une explosion des inégalités de patrimoine, car le capital augmenterait plus vite que le revenu dans plusieurs pays, dont la France. Nous reviendrions ainsi au niveau des inégalités du début du XXe...
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In his book, Capital in the 21st Century,Thomas Piketty highlights the risk of an explosion of wealth inequality because capital is accumulating faster than income in several countries including the US and European countries such as France. Our work challenges the conclusions of the author in...
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Depuis les années 1980, plusieurs pays (Royaume-Uni, États-Unis, France) ont mis en place des zones franches (« enterprise zones ») pour réduire les inégalités entre quartiers au sein des villes. Cet article examine la politique des Zones Franches Urbaines (ZFU), initiée en France en...
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In the North of Europe, club membership is higher than in the South, but the frequency of contacts with friends, relatives and neighbors is lower. We link this fact to another one: the low geographical mobility rates in the South of Europe relative to the North. To interpret these facts, we...
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In this paper, we attempt to understand the determinants of mobility by introducing the concept of local social capital. Investing in local ties is rational when workers anticipate that they will not move to another region. Reciprocally, once local social capital is accumulated, incentives to...
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European labor markets are characterized by the low geographical mobility of workers. The absence of mobility is a factor behind high unemployment when jobless people prefer to remain in their home region rather than to go prospecting in more dynamic areas. In this paper, we attempt to...
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