The TRA project is a unique research approach based on the nationwide collection of historical individual-level data on the personal, occupational and economic situation of people having married or died between the early nineteenth century and the mid-twentieth century. Coinciding with the...

[eng] The Welfare State is generally thought to transfer resources from young and future generations to old ones. This opinion, however, is based on a narrow view of the transfer system that focuses on pensions and elderly-care programs. Our paper shows that taking downward educational transfers...

[fre] À partir d'informations comptables et de dossiers bancaires relatifs à un échantillon de PME ayant déposé leur bilan entre novembre 1988 et janvier 1993, on étudie les comportements de l'entreprise en difficulté et de ses créanciers durant la période qui sépare le défaut de...

[eng] Ever since the controversies on blue-collar workers’ pensions in the mid-nineteenth century, the capacity of individuals to provide their own old-age insurance has been debated. Yesterday, workers were stigmatized for their improvidence and denied all pension rights; today, there are...

[spa] Estructura del capital y costes de informaciôn : el caso de las empresas francesas a finales de los ochenta . La estructura de financiaciôn de una empresa es el resultado de un arbitraje entre los costes de los diferentes recursos : autofinanciaciôn, deudas o emisiones de acciones....

Between 1863 and 1890, phylloxera destroyed 40% of French vineyards. Using the regional variation in the timing of this shock, we identify and examine the effects on adult height, health, and life expectancy of children born in the years and regions affected by the phylloxera. The shock...

We divide decedents into two groups: “rentiers" (whose wealth is smaller than the capitalized value of their inherited wealth) and “savers” (who consumed less than their labor income). Applying this split to a unique micro data set on inheritance and matrimonial property regimes, we find...

This paper divides the population into two groups: the "inheritors" or "rentiers" (whose wealth is smaller than the capitalized value of their inherited wealth, i.e. who consumed more than their labor income during their lifetime); and the "savers" or "self-made men" (whose wealth is larger than...