The quality of electricity distribution is being more and more scrutinized by regulatory authorities, with explicit reward and penalty schemes based on quality targets having been introduced in many countries. It is then of prime importance to know the cost of improving the quality for a...

We use the primary indicators of social inclusion proposed within the scope of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) to situate Wallonia in the European Union (EU15) context. The results show that Wallonia stood in 2005 at the same level as Greece and was behind the EU15 level mainly regarding...

[fre] Une approche en termes de frontières d'efficacité peut être utilisée pour étudier les relations entre les fonctions cognitives des personnes âgées de plus de 50 ans en Europe d'une part, et différents facteurs, plus particulièrement l'âge, l'éducation et l'exercice d'activités,...

We evaluate the determinants of matching efficiency changes through a stochastic Cobb- Douglas production frontier model extended to allow the efficiency coefficient to depend on variables meant to capture workers and firms characteristics. We apply this methodology to examine regional...