We give an axiomatic foundation to the updating rule proposed by [Sarin, R. and Wakker, P. P. (1998). Revealed likelihood and knightian uncertainty. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 16(3):223-250.] for CEU preferences. This rule is dynam- ically consistent but non-consequentialist, since forgone...

At the end of working life, as well as reducing unemployment benefits, the unemployment-insurance agency could apply pension tax instead of wage tax. First, the pension tax provides greater incentives as the value of re-employment is tax-free. Second, the short job duration before retirement...

This paper provides a mapping of quality of work and measures its evolution between 1995 and 2005 by using European Working Conditions Surveys. With a multilevel modelling, we assess the sensitivity of observed trends to “composition effects” and “country effects”. Results suggest a...

Despite a continuing interest in the compared efficiency of labor-managed and conventional firms, only a handful of comparative empirical studies exist. These studies suggest that labor-managed firms have the same productivity levels as conventional ones, but organize production differently....

The distribution of wages varies with workers’age. In this article we build a model able to explain this evolution by taking into account two channels: the evolution of the wage game described in Burdett and Mortensen (1998), and the evolution of the workers’productivity within a match. The...

Cette étude examine si la mention d’une récompense au concours d’excellence « un des Meilleurs Apprentis de France » (MAF) dans le curriculum vitae d’un jeune diplômé d’un CAP a un effet sur ses chances d’obtenir un entretien d’embauche. Les évaluations sont réalisées sur...

En août 2004 a été mis en place une aide à l'emploi spécifique aux entreprises du secteur Hôtel-Cafés-Restaurants (HCR). Ce dispositif relativement complexe couvrant la période 2004 à 2009 repose sur une exonération forfaitaire variable selon le secteur d'activité, le niveau des...