La liberté de choix offerte par l’ensemble de choix d’un agent sur l’espace temps-revenu semble offrir une définition plus convaincante du niveau de vie que les définitions traditionnelles. Dans le prolongement d’un résultat de Pattanaik et Xu nous proposons dans cette note une...

This paper seeks to analyze economic transfers relating to the financing of long-term care for the elderly, as they arise from court decisions on the legal duty to financially support ascendants. The first section reviews the computation of the support obligation based on a sample of...

This article studies the formation of preferences regarding redistribution. Its aim is to demonstrate how preferences for redistribution are influenced by individual beliefs on the origins of social inequality and public values. The first section shows, through a microeconomic model, how...

[fre] Monopole discriminant et redistribution. Une interprétation des thèses d'Edgeworth. . Outre sa théorie du noyau, sa conception de la justice sociale, Edgeworth (1845-1926) a élaboré, à partir des travaux de Dupuit, une vision du monopole et de la concurrence imparfaite aussi...

[eng] Freedom of choice : an alternative measure of well-being. . This article proposes a conceptual and theorical reflection on freedom of choice. From axiomatic developments of the recent literature, it leads up to propose a general definition of this notion on the basis of a result of Kreps...

After a summmary of the theoretical background of their research, the authors report two cases: two families of former agricultural workers in the region of Bordeaux, confronted with the French principle of ??obligation alimentaire?? [family support duty] towards the elderly: two old ladies, who...

In order to improve financial access to complementary health insurance (CHI) in France, a CHI voucher program, called Aide Complémentaire Santé (ACS) was introduced in 2005. Four years later, the program covered only 18% of the eligible population. Two main hypotheses are put forward to...

Le dispositif de l’Aide complémentaire santé (ACS) a été mis en place au 1er janvier 2005 afin d’inciter les ménages dont le niveau de vie se situe juste au dessus du plafond CMU-C à acquérir une couverture complémentaire santé (CS). Même si le nombre de bénéficiaires a lentement...