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Whereas studies on the optimal taxation under endogenous longevity assume a fixed heterogeneity of lifestyles, this paper considers the optimal tax policy in an economy where unequal longevities are the unintended outcome of differences in lifestyles, and where lifestyles are transmitted across...
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mortality patterns. To examine that issue, this paper develops an overlapping generations model where a healthy lifestyle and an … unhealthy lifestyle are transmitted vertically or obliquely across generations. It is shown that there must exist a locally …
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particular, we seek to understand to what extent a critique of society developed by social reformers can be a source of … [Miller, P., & Rose, N. (1990). Governing economic life. Economy and Society, 19(1), 1-31] associated with the historical move … economic life. Economy and Society, 19(1), 1-31] associated with governing and managing corporations we call the spirit of …
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The Brazilian organic food sector has experienced important growth during the last two decades. Brazilian smallholders, however, are facing huge challenges to enter and benefit from this growth in a sustainable way. Combining the lens of New Institutional Economics and socio-anthropology, we...
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Social relations are predominantly influenced by an exchange paradigm whereby the logic of reciprocity shapes behaviour. If the notion of exchange instrumentalism is common across different business disciplines, this does not deny attempts - such as through gift exchange theory - to present...
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This research focuses on individuals who consider they have been victims of discrimination. The aim is to look at the feeling of discrimination and to assess its effects on career paths seven years after leaving school. Taking data from the Class of 98 (Génération 98) survey by the Céreq, we...
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This research focuses on individuals who consider they have been victims of discrimination in France. The aim is to look at the feeling of discrimination young people may feel due to their "foreign origin" and to assess its links on career paths, seven years after leaving school in 1998. We used...
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We analyze the socio-economic determinants of youth decision to internally migrate in Senegal. Young people undertake … models, we estimate the role of household and community characteristics during childhood in later youth migration decisions …
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spatial and temporal approach to youth, at the level of living areas, so as to allow for the co-construction, locally and with … the youth, their parents and residents, of projects and policies adapted to their needs. The chapter emphasises the … society - call into question the urban fabric, the duality and diversity of urban times and spaces. Between the 'poly …
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In the paper, we study a model of influence in a social network. It is assumed that each player has an inclination to say YES or NO which, due to influence of other players, may be different from the decision of the player. The point of departure here is the concept of the Hoede-Bakker index -...
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