We study the adoption of lean production in American manufacturing for the past fifteen years. It is based on an intensification of work and is accompanied by an increase of occupational injuries and illnesses. Thus, for detailed manufacturing industries, we proxy reorganization by an indicator...

Les lois de conservation restent peu utilisees en economie. Cette note offre une nouvelle version du theoreme de Noether adaptee au contrat optimal, methode d'optimisation dynamique la plus souvent retenue en economie theorique. Ce theoreme permet de determiner des quantites invariantes le long...

In this paper we present an optimal growth model with convex-concave technology, for an open developing country. The latter may choose to produce consumption goods by borrowing on capital markets. We prove there exists two non trivial steady states. An optimal path converges either to 0 or to...

Through panel estimates using OECD country-industry statistics, this paper aims to clarify the determinants of rent creation and the mechanisms of rent sharing, and the role of market regulations in these processes. It uses a panel database of 4,136 observations, comprising industry-level data...

Despite numerous similarities between the food retail sectors of France and the USA, there are significant contrasts in the jobs, and in particular the modal job, cashier. Notably, there are differences in pay, productivity and physical working position. Using the concept of...

We use a French firm-level data set containing 13,000 firms over the period 1994–2004 to analyze the relationship between credit constraints and firms’ R&D behavior over the business cycle. Our main results can be summarized as follows: (i) R&D investment is countercyclical without...

La spécificité des lois Aubry a été d'allier une réduction forte de la durée légale par voie législative et une incitation à la négociation de branche et d'entreprise en procédant en deux temps. Dès juin 1998 la première loi fixe une nouvelle norme de durée légale (au 1er janvier...