[eng] The Induced Demand Hypothesis: an Economic Assessment by Lise Rochaix and Stéphane Jacobzone . In health economics the induced demand hypothesis is bringing about a transformation in the way health-care demand is perceived. It posits that health-care demand does not simply reflect choice...

[eng] Putting the Links between Minimum Income Support and Unemployment into Perspective . by Stéphane Jacobzone . The introduction of minimum income support in 1989 was accompanied by an increase in unemployment among unskilled The subsequent introduction of the single digressive unemployment...

[fre] Systèmes mixtes d'assurance maladie, équité, gestion du risque et maîtrise des coûts . par Stéphane Jacobzone . Cet article étudie le caractère mixte des systèmes d'assurance maladie, en recensant notamment les divers arguments plaidant en faveur de l'intervention publique. Ceci...

[fre] Peut-on parler d'une gestion globale de son capital santé ? . En première analyse, les comportements des individus par rapport à leur santé peuvent sembler assez cohérents : les consommateurs d'alcool ou de tabac surveillent moins leur poids ou leur alimentation, ont moins recours aux...

[fre] Les grands réseaux publics français de transport et de communication dans une perspective européenne . L'environnement économique des grands réseaux publics français de transport et de communication se transforme avec le Marché unique. L'impulsion concurrentielle est donnée par la...

[eng] Social Security and Redistributive Policies in the EMU Context . The introduction of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) will affect the social security systems in the European Community countries. These systems are more developed where income is higher. They tend to be similar in some...

[fre] Les politiques de santé face aux propriétés incitatives et redistributives des systèmes d'assurance maladie . Les systèmes de santé visent à la couverture d'un risque, le risque maladie. Ceci leur confère une indiscutable dimension assurantielle, et justifie qu'on examine leur...

<OL><LI>Policy-makers responsible for publicly-funded drug programmes face continual pressures between the demand to accommodate a steady stream of new and more effective drugs and the ongoing requirement to control costs.</LI> <LI>In the face of these pressures, a growing number of OECD countries are applying...</li></li></ol>

<OL><LI>The Ageing-Related Diseases study compares treatment trends and health outcomes on a disease-by-disease basis. Most of the day-to-day decisions that determine health care system performance are made in treating specific diseases. Therefore, the ARD’s bottom-up approach to comparing health care...</li></ol>

The Ageing-Related Diseases study compares health care systems by examining treatment trends and health outcomes on a disease-by-disease basis. Most of the day-to-day decisions that determine health care system performance are made in treating specific diseases. Therefore, the ARD’s bottom-up...