Biraben (Jean-Noël), Blanchet (Didier).- Essay on the Population of Paris and its Vicinity Since the Sixteenth Century The national survey to reconstitute population change in France could not omit Paris, its largest city, representing possibly 15% of the total urban population, even though the...

Blanchet Didier. ? Economie and Demographic Growths in Developing Countries. Are they independent of interdependent ? In this paper an interpretation is attempted of the reasons why correlation between economic growth and population growth in developing countries is generally not significant. It...

Blanchet Didier. ? Is a partially funded pension system able to counteract the consequences of aging ? This paper compares the behaviours of a pay-as-you-go and mixed (partially funded) pension systems under the demographic conditions which are likely to prevail in France during the next century...

Blanchet Didier and Bonvalet Catherine. ? Population Growth and the Housing Market in France since 1954. In this article a model on the functioning of the housing market in France since the mid-fifties is presented which is based on the effects of population growth. First, population growth...

Blanchet Didier. ? The Evolution of French Regional Fertility Differences since 1960. A series of cyclical fertility indicators for the 21 regions of France has been constructed for the period 1960-1979. In general, these indicators reflect changes in the series of national indicators of...

Blanchet (Didier). - Interpreting trends in labour force participation and in fertility. The growth of women's labor force participation at given family size is often quoted as suggesting some indépendance between fertility trends and activity trends. This paper shows that such an inference is...

Blanch et Didier and Blum Alain. ? Birth, costs of children and mothers employment. A model. In this paper, we suggest a model which will explain fertility and women's employment simultaneously. Fertility behaviour is measured by parity progression ratios for the first three parities during...

Blanchet (Didier). - Nonlinear demographic models and chaotic demo-dynamics The development of nonlinear models is undoubtedly a promising field for demographic modelling (Feichtinger, 1993). Linear models derived from stable population theory still remain a basic reference, but it is clear that...

Blanchet Didier. - Regulating the age structure of a population through migration. This paper examines the consequences of a demographic policy which would use migration as a mean to control the ratio of the working age population to the population of retirees. It is shown that, if such a policy...