This article studies the joint determination of beliefs about the economic impact of immigration and immigration policy preferences, using data from the five rounds of the European Social Survey (2002-2010). In addition to standard socio-economic characteristics, this analysis takes individual...

Ce papier part du postulat que la justice "perçue" d'une mesure comme le péage urbain est importante pour la politique publique. Pour analyser cette perception nous nous appuyons sur une enquête d'opinion réalisée dans l'agglomération lyonnaise en 2003. L'attitude générale est que les...

Ce papier part du postulat que la justice « perçue » d'une mesure comme le péage urbain est importante pour la politique publique. Pour analyser cette perception nous nous appuyons sur une enquête d'opinion réalisée dans l'agglomération lyonnaise en 2003. L'attitude générale est que...

This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non-monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by building a...

We test the wealth maximization theory of quitting behavior on the German Socioeconomic Panel (1985-2003). With the interpretation of job satisfaction as an expression of the experienced preference for the present job against available alternatives, the propensity to stay in the present job is...

We emphasize the major influences of experienced utility gaps or regret, i.e. the difference between what happened and what might have happened, on job satisfaction. The main prediction that we test is that job satisfaction correlates with the wage gaps experienced in the past and present,...

This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and the employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non- monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by...

This paper uses repeated cross-section data ISSP data from 1989, 1997 and 2005 to consider movements in job quality. It is first underlined that not having a job when you want one is a major source of low well-being. Second, job values have remained fairly stable over time, although workers seem...