Dans ce texte, nous étudions le rôle des organisations d'économie sociale dans le secteur de l'aide à domicile en Belgique. L'organisation des services d'aide à domicile pose en effet question dans un contexte marqué par l'évolution des besoins et des politiques publiques, ainsi que par...

Cet article est une étude empirique de la formation des croyances de survie et de leur impact sur les décisions en matière de contrats d'assurance décès. L'étude est menée sur un échantillon d'individus entre 45 et 65 ans, qui ont été interrogés sur leurs croyances de survie, leurs...

This paper analyzes the incentive properties of the standard and burden of proof for a finding of negligence, when evidence about injurers' behavior is imperfect and rests with the parties. We show that the `preponderance of evidence' standard used in common law, together with ordinary exclusion...

The transferability of cost evaluation results is studied using Principal Component Analysis and Euclidean distances. The method allows to determine whether the transferability of the results across countries is low, medium or high. The use of these two validated tools for measuring result...

In addition to the pensions delivered by the mandatory social security system, different schemes offer in France the option to purchase private life annuities. These individual annuities are provided by numerous and heterogeneous institutions that rely on more or less rigorous prudential rules...

This paper documents the logics underpinning Vietnamese farmers' management practices of an emerging disease, the avian flu (H5N1). In the area of our survey, one the front line of the fight against H5N1 according to international organizations (WHO, OIE, FAO), farmers and their poultry are...

This note focuses on the design of prevention programmes and the role of tort law regarding the control of risky activities, associated with unknown or imperfectly known risks, such as innovation or (long term) environmental damages. Together with the existence of perception bias on the side of...

This article focuses on consumers' perception of design applied to food products. Two products conceived by both designers and artisans have been studied. The results show that design can generate a virtual distance between the product and consumers. Authors then suggest solutions to facilitate...

High-flying illusions on the part of the proponents and grim predictions on the part of the sceptics have characterised the controversy around Brexit. The article assesses five key issues at stake for post-Brexit relationships between Britain, the EU, and Africa: market access, foreign direct...