In this paper, we examine the effects of the french government's 1990 reform of the farming sector on indiviuals' retirement behavior. This reform has induced different changes in the Social Security Wealth of farmers living in different rural areas, and thus provided a ``natural experiment''...

For the last decade, part-time studies have mainly focused on supply side effects. We focus in this paper on the demand side effects. On the one hand, to be more flexible, firms hire part-time workers so that production is always as close as possible to the demand. On the other hand, to decrease...

On poursuit dans cet article l’analyse de Blanchet et Marioni (1996) des évolutions et caractéristiques du marché du travail pour les individus de 50 à 65 ans. Les données des enquêtes Emploi que nous utilisons pour construire les probabilités d’occupation des états d’activités à...

French firms laying off workers aged 50 and above have to pay a tax to the unemployment insurance system, known as the Delalande tax. This is a rare case of experience rating in the European context. We evaluate its impact on layoffs as well as on hiring, taking advantage of several changes in...

La stabilité globale des inégalités de revenu disponible (après transferts et avant impôt) observée en France entre 1984 et 2002 masque des évolutions significatives au sein du territoire. Tout d’abord, hors Ile-de-France, l’écart se résorbe systématiquement entre pôles urbains,...