SUMMARY By examining a specific example, this paper illustrates the analyses presented in two previous articles, of the influence of laws, grading and recruitment methods on career prospects in the public service and in private employment. In the Ministry studied in this case, recruitment has...

SUMMARY The genealogies of three villages in the Vallée de l'Ouzom (Upper Pyrenees) have been reconstituted from village records back to their beginning in 1744. In two of the villages there is a high degree of endogamy, and the situation in them differs considerably from that to be found in...

SUMMARY. In this paper, fluctuations in nuptiality are studied by investigating fluctuations in the numbers of births, similar to those which have been registered in France since 1914. The model assumes random choice of partners within a given circle of relationships, which will depend on age....