Official calculations of automatic stabilizers are seriously flawed since they rest on the assumption that the only element of social spending that reacts automatically to the cycle is unemployment compensation. This puts into question many estimates of discretionary fiscal policy. In response,...

Background : Although France seems less affected by the rise in obesity than neighboring countries, theprevalence of obesity has increased, changing the distribution of this pathology in the population.Objective: To evaluate the consequences of the rise in obesity on social inequalities in...

This papers shows how to simply compute one of the estimators proposed in Honoré and Kyriazidou (2000) as well as its variance. The method involves a simple reshaping of the original dataset that is then used in a weighted logistic regression with clustering. Such procedures are widely...

We show that a calibrated dynamic skill accumulation model allowing for comparative advantages, can explain the weak (or negative) effects of schooling on productivity that have been recently reported (i) in the micro literature on compulsory schooling, ii) in the micro literature on estimating...