The aim of this paper is to show that it would be easier, for firms, to substitute capital for low skilled labor than to substitute capital for high skilled labor. To test this conjecture, we use panel data spanned from 1980 to 1987 on nearly 800 French manufacturing firms. We first propose a...

This study aims to shed light on the main characteristics of the French system for redistributing wealth to families through tax revenues and social transfers. For the purposes of this exercise, the authors used the MYRIADE microsimulation model, which covers most of the redistribution system,...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the employment effect of wage tax cuts in the four French departements d?outre mer (Guadeloupe, Guyana, La Réunion, Martinique). We are using an ad hoc theoretical model calibrated on administrative data sources. Our model distinguishes several skill levels...

We evaluate the impact of French pension reform of 2010 on the rate of departure of retired men mobilizing a model that incorporates the component method used for population projections. We assume that obtaining the ?full rate? is the fact that triggers the liquidation rights. We distinguish...

The purpose of this article is to give the simplest presentation of the methods of what is called «evaluation in microeconometrics» when two groups of observations are at disposal : the first one composed of individuals having benefited from a public policy device and the second one of...

Economic literature clearly establishes the link between socio-economic status, good health and a high level of education. Health status also appears to be a determining factor in an individual's present and future preferences (Disney et al., 2006). The relationship between health status and...

[fre] Dans cette étude, nous présentons de nouvelles évaluations de la sensibilité de la demande de travail à son coût, obtenues à partir d''un échantillon de près de 800 entreprises industrielles françaises suivies de 1980 à 1987. Nous développons un modèle de concurrence...

[eng] This historical review is intended to evaluate the econometrics contribution to the analysis of the relationship wage/employment. The first part is mainly devoted to the macroeconomic modeling "as it was in the old days". The second part is concerned with the developments of the "new"...

[ger] Die Entwicklung der Ertragsspanne in der Industrie 1980-1986, . von Jean-Yves Chevallier, Frédéric Gagey, François Legendre.. . Um die Entwicklung der Ertragsspanne in der Industrie seit 1980 zu beurteilen, geht dieser Artikel nicht von der herkömmlichen Auswertung einer ex ante...