Our study shows the impact of hospitals financing on Cesarean section practice in France in 2003. We make use of the hierarchical structure of the data set to take into account as many factors as possible which may influence medical practice. Our results show that private for profit hospitals...

In France, since 1998, between 25% and a third of registered unemployed people work (ie. having a reduced activity) while being on the job search. We estimate the impact of this reduced activity on the return to employment and its quality. This study has been done using orginal data sets...