Household services in France are characterized by involuntary part-timr jobd (even in permanent contracts), fixed-term contracts and multi-activity. The situation of these employees therefore does not obey a simple dual structure where permanent contracts (CDI) oppose short-term contracts. This...

This paper contributes to the discussion of the compatibility of consumers' behavior in "real" life with GARP. Within expenditure panel data we observe a relatively low rate of violation (240 out of 3630 households). We show that these violations do not imply an "irrational" behavior of the...