It is fairly banal to say that subjective health, the most widely-used health variable, is measured with error. In particular, it would seem important to know how subjective health information depends on the way in which it is collected, as this latter varies widely between countries and...

This paper examines the impact of the business cycle on school-leaving decisions in France for the period 1983-2009. Business cycle effects are twofold. On the one hand, bad economic conditions reduce the opportunity cost of schooling and may induce higher school participation. On the other...

[fre] La santé auto-déclarée, la mesure de santé la plus répandue dans les questionnaires, ne constitue qu'un reflet biaisé de l'état de santé réel. Mais il est difficile d'isoler et d'évaluer ces biais. En particulier, en quoi l'information recueillie dépend-elle des conditions de...