This paper investigates the properties of Box-Cox specifications for the labour supply of married women in France, estimated in four stages involving two dichotomous models, a regression with selectivity correction, and the calculation of sample means. Previous estimates implied wage...

The effects of the reform on the welfare of households are analysed with the INSEE survey "Budgets des familles 1979", using the methodology of M. A. King [1983] applied to a linear expenditure system where all parameters vary with household characteristics. The evaluation of global consequences...

The paper presents an approach to modelling the labour supply of married women in France using a subsamply of the INSEE survey "Budgest des Familles 1978-1979". A major difficulty with the estimation of labour supply reactions for France is the lack of continuity in observed hours worked. Using...

The paper presents estimates of a separable Box-Cox type utility function defined over leisure and consumption, parameterized by demographics. The estimation takes detailed account of the French system of direct taxation, social security contributions and social benefits. Observed hours come in...

The paper considers a model of the firm in which management acts to maximize share-holder welfare (i. e. owner controlled) and bargains over wages and employment with existing workers. The main result of the paper is that the performance of owner controlled firms will be independent of the...

We use a multivariate hazard model to analyse the ratification of ILO conventions by developing countries. The model accounts for two random effects: one at the country level, the other at the convention level. After investigating identification, we use a semi-parametric Bayesian approach based...

This paper studies the aggregate substitution and expansion effects triggered by changes in input prices in a context where firms supply a homogeneous commodity and compete in quantities à la Cournot. We derive a sufficient condition for the existence of a Cournot equilibrium and show that this...