We estimate the impact of a negative trade shock on labour market outcomes and educational choices of workers. We exploit the Canadian lumber exports crisis beginning in 2007 in a quasi-experimental design. We find that the employment probability of forestry industry workers decreased by 4.1...

In this report, we study the relations that prevail between local governments and their central authority. Local governments are confronted to technological, financial and political constraints. We give a brief description of possible modes of intervention and examine different criteria to...