Whereas the process of integration economic is accentuated in Europe, regional integration dynamics of space seems to be a crucial issue. Reflexions engaged, in particular through the SDEC, aim at promoting a voluntarist policy of polycentric adjustment of European space. Thus we are led to...

This paper assesses the impact of structural funds on the manufacturing sector of 145 European regions in the context of a Verdoorn’s law for the period 1989-2004. Three main innovations are included. First, we pay attention to the nature of the cohesion objective under study. Second, the...

L'objectif de cet article est d'analyser la dépendance spatiale dans les processus de convergence des régions européennes. D'une part nous appliquons les méthodes récemment développées de l'analyse exploratoire des données spatiales (Anselin, 1996) pour affiner la description de la...

Pour examiner la question de la répartition des ressources au sein du mé- nage, les économistes ont d?abord été tentés d'étendre les modèles de comportement développés pour les personnes seules (qui sont généralement jugés comme satisfai- sants par la profession) à des couples ou...

Le taux d’activité féminine au Maroc, malgré un trend mouvant dans les années entre la fin du XX siècle et le nouveau millénaire n’a pas subi des accroissements remarquables. Dans ce travail nous mettons en relief quelques facteurs qui expliquent la participation féminine au marché...

The SHARE survey (Survey on Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe) is an international and multidisciplinary operation launched in 2002, led by a European network coordinated by the MEA of the University of Mannheim. Its ambition is to become an instrument of reference for interdisciplinary...

Cohorts born until the late 1940s benefited from a clear generational progress: from one generation to the next, the conditions for entering the labour market were more favourable, living standards increased regularly, access to education and homeownership was more common. These progresses...

Research aimed to analyze the role of the social actors, in France and in Quebec, in the governance of the conciliation. At the end of research, we propose the track of a strategy renewed around the concept of flexi-security, in a new and widened meaning. Thus, while the flexi-security of...