Résumé du rapport de recherche sur le secteur de la production de spectaclesLe développement récent du secteur d'activité de la « sonorisation de spectacles » (concerts en plein air de type festival, « grandes messes rock », ou autres Palais des sports comme Paris-Bercy...) sur lequel...

In this comprehensive original reference work, the editors have brought together an unrivalled group of distinguished scholars and practitioners to comment on the historical and contemporary role of industrial districts (IDs).

The French tax system is characterized by the coexistence of a progressive, family-based, complex and declarative Income Tax that only concerns half of the households, and a proportional tax, the CSG, collected on a pay-as-you-earn basis. A merge would simplify tax determination and collection...

Health spending as a share of GDP stands in France at the average level of industrial economies and much below than in the US. Recently, spending has rapidly accelerated leading to a rise in public health insurance accounts deficits. This paper analyses the factors behind these changes: ageing...

This paper provides a comprehensive survey on six aspects of rising inequality in the US: changes in labor?s share, inequality at the bottom, inequality at the top, labor mobility, inequality in consumption as contrasted to inequality of income, and international differences in inequality,...

The measurement of social well-being is still a question. We propose a new indicator founded on both ??relative?? and ??absolute?? characteristics. The level of aggregated social well-being depend on income distribution (reducing inequality increase social well-being) and on the rate of economic...