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Housing in French Households Portfolio.
Arrondel, A.; Lefebvre, B. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1997
The dual motives of housing behaviour, consumption and investment, make the analysis of housing purchases quite … consumption demsnd that explains decisions to purchase dwellings for owner occupation and for letting out. We have tested the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256700
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Public acceptability of population-level interventions to reduce alcohol consumption: A discrete choice experiment
Pechey, Rachel; Burge, Peter; Mentzakis, Emmanouil; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 113 (2014) C, pp. 104-109
discrete choice experiment provides a novel investigation of the acceptability of different interventions to reduce alcohol … consumption and the effect of information on expected effectiveness, using a UK general population sample of 1202 adults. Policy … options included high, medium and low intensity versions of: Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol; reducing numbers of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011042269
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Institutions, Restructuring and Macroeconomic Performance.
Caballero, Ricardo J.; Hammour, Mohamad L. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 2001
A growing body of new research has emphasized the macroeconomic consequences of transactional impediments in factor markets, and their role in the recurrent restructuring requirements of modern economies. We first review the function institutional arrangements play in facilitating transactions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256712
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Coordination Problems with Fixed and Flexible Wages: The Role of the Keynesian Multiplier.
Guesnerie, R. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1996
The paper considers a simple "three goods" model in which firms simultaneously decide hiring workers. The production is sold later at a market clearing price; the buyers'purchasing power depend on their income, that itself depends on the firms'previous decisions. The rational expectations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162745
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Labour Rigidities and the Performance of the French Economy.
Saint-Paul, G. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1996
In this paper we analyze the performance of the French economy in light of the labour market regulations that prevail in this country. We argue that, due to such regulation, the French economy is locked at a high unemployment trap with low labour mobility and low sectorial reallocation.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162751
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Exploring Labor Market Institutions: A Political Economy Analysis.
Saint-Paul, G. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1996
In this paper, we argue that many of the rigidities that characterize European labour markets can be understood as the outcome of political influence by incumbent employees. We then empirically investigate the determinants of labour market institutions and show that the results are consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005509865
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Is Labour Rigidity Harming Europe's Competitiveness? The Effect of Job Protection on the Pattern of Trade and Welfare.
Saint-Paul, G. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1995
We develop a model to analyse the implications of firing costs on international specialization.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005509873
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Let’s Be Straight Up about the Alcohol Industry
eSocialSciences; PLoS Medicine Editors - 2011
Alcohol industry is a massive and growing US$150 billion global business—have not yet received adequate prominence in … medical journals. Indeed, attention to and scientific research on the alcohol industry have not kept pace with the industryâ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321520
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Health Education
Dube, Nandini - eSocialSciences - 2012
There is an uneven geographical distribution of health workers. The shortage of health workers is compounded by the fact that their skills, competencies, clinical experience, and expectations are often poorly suited to the health needs of the populations they serve. All such problems are taken...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493945
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Unemployment, measured and perceived decline of economic resources: Contrasting three measures of recessionary hardships and their implications for adopting negative health behavio...
Kalousova, Lucie; Burgard, Sarah A. - In: Social Science & Medicine 106 (2014) C, pp. 28-34
adopt new negative health behaviors, specifically cigarette smoking, harmful and hazardous alcohol consumption, or marijuana … consumption. We find that, net of controls and the other two recessionary hardships, unemployment experience was associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010753085