Heterogeneity in time and risk preferences has been proposed as one of the mechanisms involved in the educational gradient in smoking, but this mechanism has scarcely been explored empirically. Subjective scales were introduced in the 2008 French National Health, Health Care and Insurance Survey...

Is it possible to develop an entrepreneurial culture amongst students studying in engineering schools?. Business organisations recruit employees with new competencies (Zarifian, 2004), including entrepreneurial skills, and that, since engineering graduates will be required to display such...

The aim of this study is to highlight the characteristics of corruption and non-academic behaviour in higher education. Using data series recorded at a representative student sample we emphasise causal relationships between certain components of corruption and aspects of academic behaviour in...

Long term impact of social background and parental smoking on adult smoking in France: Results from the 2006 ESPS Survey Objective – To study the influence of social background and parental smoking on adult smoking. Methods – This study is based on a sample of 2,173 men and 3,083 women...

The french academic institutions seem to stay away from the digital revolution. As the digital revolution goes on, it seems that business schools and universities have difficulties integrating these tools in their programs. The main reasons for this situation are strategic misunderstanding,...

Cet essai tente de démontrer que paradoxalement, même si les nouvelles technologies favorisent la circulation des idées et de l'information, les inégalités se creusent toujours plus. Le capitalisme continue de profiter à une minorité provoquant un appauvrissement des connaissances.