Parmi les facteurs explicatifs proposés pour expliquer les inégalités sociales de santé, la littérature épidémiologique a récemment mis en avant l’influence du milieu social d’origine sur l’état de santé à l’âge adulte, cette influence résultant à la fois d’un effet...

The health status of immigrants is considered as a genuine public health concern due to the economic and social fragility that they may experience, which contributes to the deterioration of their health. This review of French studies on migrant health status and access to care suggests the...

Using data from the French Health, Health Care and Insurance survey, this study analyses health inequalies related to migration. The findings suggest health disparities between migrant population and French population, particularly stressed for migrants coming from North Africa. The magnitude of...

Health Inequalities Related to Immigration and Social Capital: A Decomposition Analysis This article explores the contribution of social capital to health disparities between French born and migrant populations, based on the 2006 and 2008 French Health, Health Care and Insurance Survey. The use...

In this paper, we analyse self-assessed unmet needs (SUN) for financial reasons and then study their consequences on health status four years later using ESPS data, a French general population survey on health, health care and insurance. Financial hurdles in accessing care as assessed by SUN are...

La dégradation du marché du travail, importante en Europe, plus récente aux Etats-Unis, n’est ni purement conjoncturelle, ni propre aux seules économies développées. Des mouvements contrastés affectent au Nord comme au Sud les salaires et les emplois, en nombre et en qualité. Les...

The new public management rules backed by the Organic Law on Financial Legislation (lolf) promote civil servants management models which are largely deconcentrated and individualised. In this context the Ministry of Finance agents unions are in search of a new legitimacy which relies both on the...

Au Việt Nam, comme dans beaucoup de PED, le travail est la principale source de revenus des ménages. Les niveaux de vie sont ainsi conditionnés par le mode d’insertion des individus sur le marché du travail. Par ailleurs, une grande partie des « chocs » macro-économiques (comme ceux...