Social capital has a significant impact on status attainment which does not duplicate the well known effects of other forms of capital. All things being equal, the type of personal network mobilized to find a job is (in France according to the INSEE Labor force survey) likely to alter the...

An important issue for a theory of distributive justice is to know whether the principles, by which the distribution of goods is judged fair or unfair, are incompatible or complementary. The European Values Survey carried out in 1999 shows clearly the priorities of the Europeans on this matter....

[fre] L'économie «informelle» est définie par les économistes en opposition aux activités économiques comptabilisables et en fonction des réglementations de la puissance publique, ce qui les enferme dans une contradiction : évaluer ce qui échappe à leurs comptes. Les sociologues...

[eng] Centered on the problem of the creation of associations, this article is intended to be a stage in the research on links between associative movement and social change. Thanks to the statistical data developed by the OFCE from the statements of the Official Journal for the years 1937,...

[eng] A sense of depression is spreading amongst the French and they feel the overall economic situation is gloomy. At the same time, they feel relatively satisfied with their living conditions and cast a realistic judgment on the French society. Family structures are continuing to evolve and...

[fre] La réflexion sur l'évolution de la structure de la société française a été au centre de la campagne présidentielle. La contestation des élites et l'importance accordée par les médias à la pauvreté relèvent de la même inquiétude : la société française est-elle en train de...

[eng] Economic liberalism and interventionism. A comparative analysis of opinions about the economic role of government in six countries Economic liberalism and interventionism A comparative analysis of opinions about the economic role of government in six countries Michel Forse The analysis of...

[eng] This article reviews the principle results of an inquiry on home communications, conducted in 1987 for France-Télécom. It concerns financial budgets and household schedules for different communication activities : reading, the press, telephone, radio, television, records, videorecorder,...

[eng] The reduction in inequality in the educational system is not enough to cope with inequal chances Michel Forsé The net social mobility has not change in France between 1982 and 1994. Yet, in the same time, the inegality in school achievement has slowly decreased with respect to social...