Suivant les recommandations de l'OMS pour la lutte contre le tabagisme, les autorités françaises ont décidé la mise en œuvre de l'apposition de 14 « photos chocs » sur les paquets de cigarette, à partir de 2011. Ce travail s'intéresse à l'efficacité d'une telle mesure. A cette fin,...

In this paper, we study the smoking behavior of students aged from 18 to 25 using four cross-section data sets collected in France from 1997 to 2006. We focus on the role played by student income and parental resources. We find that both the probability of smoking and the number of cigarettes...

This study estimates productivity gains and their distribution among inputs and outputs for American industries over the period 1987-2011 using the traditional surplus accounting method. Total Factor Productivity (TFP) change is traditionally defined as the growth rate of output minus the growth...

In order to describe the process of tobacco quitting, we perform a VAR model and causality tests both on the monthly sales of tobacco products and nicotine dependence drugs in France, for the period going from February 2004 to April 2009. According to the path of tobacco quitting found out, it...

Despite the increasing social cost of stress at work, the determinants of psycho-social risks of workers remain poorly documented in France. Studies on stress at work are usually case studies, which does not allow assessing possible specific differences between firms. This paper examines the...

This paper investigates the effect of self-assessed health on retirement plans of older migrants. As immigration is primarily associated with labor considerations, the role of economic incentives in the migration decision suggests that health could play a minor effect in immigrants' decision to...

En dépit du coût social très élevé du stress au travail, les déterminants des risques psycho-sociaux des salariés demeurent encore largement méconnus en France. Les études portant sur le stress professionnel sont généralement des études de cas, réalisées entreprise par entreprise,...

Drawing on data from an annual French guidebook published in 2004, this paper focuses on the determinants of experts' ratings on Cuban cigars. We find that high quality cigars are more likely to be recommended to more experienced cigar lovers. Both the self-assessed quality and recommendation...

Partner selection occurs naturally and informally, but it may also be organized through commercial intermediaries facilitating mating and dating. This paper focuses on the relationship between online dating and the business cycle . We rely on monthly data covering the period from January 2004 to...

Using original French panel data, this paper investigates the relevance of the broken windows theory in case of an offence category featured by the absence of monetary benefits. Estimates from random and fixed effects models highlight the deterrent effect of sanctions for rapes and minor sexual...