Les contrats jouent un rôle de plus en plus important en agriculture. Ils restent peu étudiés en France et en Europe sur le plan microéconomique. A partir de l'analyse de tous les contrats passés entre une coopérative et ses producteurs de blé pendant quatre 4 ans, la mise en oeuvre d'un...

Le secteur de la distribution française est l'un des plus réglementés d'Europe. La dernière réforme dite loi Dutreil II, qui succède à la loi Galland de 1996 a pris effet au 1er janvier 2006. L'un de ses principaux articles impose la réintégration d'une partie des marges arrière (la...

Using data on individual consumption expenditures from a sample of farm households in the Philippines, we construct a direct test of the risk-sharing implications of the collective household model. We are able to contrast the efficient outcomes predicted by the collective household model with...

We study the effects of a conditional transfers program on school enrollment and performance in Mexico. We provide a theoretical framework for analyzing the dynamic educational decision and process including the endogeneity and uncertainty of performance (passing grades) and the effect of a...

Since the 1980s, privatization of formerly state-owned firms has been extensively implemented by governments across Latin America. Despite the fact that most evaluations of the process fail to find significant adverse efficiency and welfare effects, there has been a strong surge in public...

We study the effects of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program Progresa on school enrollment and performance in passing grades. We develop a theoretical framework of the dynamics of the educational process including endogeneity and uncertainty of school performance. Using a randomized...

Since the 1980s, privatization of formerly state-owned firms has been extensively implemented by governments across Latin America. Despite the fact that most evaluations of the process fail to find significant adverse efficiency and welfare effects, there has been a strong surge in public...

This paper studies spousal peer effects on the smoking behaviour and their implication for the health of children through passive smoking. Smoking decisions are modeled as equilibrium strategies of an incomplete information game within the couple. Using data from the French Health Survey...