[fre] L'étude de l'incidence des dispositifs d'assurance chômage sur l'offre de travail s'est limitée jusqu'ici, faute de données, au système de protection sociale au travers de l'allocation chômage. Cependant, au cours des années 90, de plus en plus de ménages ont constitué une...

L’étude de l’incidence des dispositifs d’assurance chômage sur l’offre de travail s’est limitée jusqu’ici, faute de données, au système de protection sociale au travers de l’allocation chômage. Cependant, au cours des années 90, de plus en plus de ménages ont constitué une...

[eng] France’s 17 January 2003 Act on Wages, Working Time, and Employment Growth introduced a mechanism, effective 1 July 2003, for ensuring convergence between the official minimum wage (SMIC) and the various existing monthly guaranteed earnings (Garanties Mensuelles de Rémunération: GMRs)....

The goal of this paper is to determine the impact of the settings of labour standards on the level of dualism, employment and wages. Contrary to the "conventional wisdom", we show that the reinforcement of dualism due to the improvement of labour standards is not automatic. Under certain...

In this paper, we propose to solve the circular packing problem (CPP) whose objective is to pack n different circles C(i) of known radius r(i) , i = 1, …, n into the smallest containing circle C. The objective is to determine the radius r of C as well as the coordinates (x(i) , y(i)) of the...

Tax cuts create simultaneously a lack of tax receipts and more savings ready to be changed into public bonds and compensate this shortage of tax revenue. A part of tax resources is replaced by borrowing and those who are enjoying tax cuts are also receiving interest from government. The...

This paper is the French contribution for an international comparative survey directed by the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Tokyo). It assesses available empirical data, analyses and debates. It obeys to the standard architecture of the international questionnaire :...

Are scientific arguments used for analysing "sustainable development" ? This issue is at the core of the EBP-biosoc research project of which we present a few aspects on the use of scientific knowledge through "Evidence Based Policy" method. The use of such a framework in social sciences...