By disaggregating the Midi-Pyrenees region into 18 different local labour markets, we have highlighted wage differentials which can be completely explained neither by structural effects related to the sectoral distribution of the firms nor by the individual characteristics of the local manpower....

In many developed countries, the share of wage employment out of the total agricultural labour force has been increasing for the last ten years. Using data from French agricultural censuses, we present an analysis of the factors that influence households' decisions about whether to work on the...

In many developed countries, the share of permanent hired labour in the total agricultural labour force has been increasing in recent years. Using data from the 1988 and 2000 agricultural censuses in France, we analyse the factors that influence households' decisions regarding the use of hired...

The larger the labour market, the more likely firms are to find on this market an individual meeting precisely the requirements of a vacancy and the more likely a job seeker is to find a job offer matching his skills. As a consequence, everything being held equal (in particular, firm size and...

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The early careers of French doctors in life sciences are characterized by the importance of temporary jobs. While most young Ph.D. researchers wish to obtain a job in the French academic sector (which grants them, among other things, lifetime employment), few of them manage to achieve this...

These last years, a fall in consumer's confidence in food safety encouraged false alerts which sometimes led to actual crisis. This paper studies a crisis due to an alert concerning a risk of listeria on a raw milk camembert brand. The investigation relies on individual data. Two results of risk...

Cet article propose une analyse de la contractualisation des mesures agro-environnementales herbagères par les éleveurs et de la diffusion géographique du processus de contractualisation. Les données individuelles mobilisées sont géo-référencées et concernent l'ensemble des éleveurs de...

Ces dernières années, plusieurs crises ont entamé la confiance des consommateurs dans la sécurité sanitaire de leur alimentation. Cette situation a favorisé plusieurs fausses alertes qui ont parfois entraîné de vraies crises. Nous étudions l’une de ces crises, survenue en 1999 suite...