This paper tries to distinguish between age and generation effects in the life cycle evolution of living standards of individuals. It is based on biographical data from a survey of 1998 made in Antananarivo and provided by the Madio project in Madagascar. Between 1965 and 1995, we observe both a...

The poor neighbourhoods of Antananarivo present an amalgamation of all urban ills: threat of flooding during the rainy season, overcrowded living conditions, almost complete lack of access to running water, frequent problems of drugs and violence, bad reputation, etc. These negative aspects are...

(english) The strong growth of the Vietnamese economy over the last two decades has brought about sweeping economic and social changes. In particular, there has been a sharp downturn in poverty along with an upturn in social inequalities (albeit not as sharp as in China). This makes the question...

The Health, Inequalities and Social Breakdown (SIRS) survey carried out in Antananarivo in April 2003 on a representative sample of 2,807 people, is part of an international research programme designed to compare the relationships between health, inequalities and social breakdowns in different...

(english) The starting point of this paper is given by country situations where trade liberalization is expected to be poverty and inequality alleviating in the long run while inducing a short run increase in poverty or in inequality. The question we ask is what are the distributive aspects of...

(english) This paper is dedicated to a theoretical and empirical survey of the relationship between trade, growth, poverty and inequality in developing countries. This relationship has been widely discussed by economists during the last few years. The first part presents the main stylised facts...

Cette étude dresse un profil de pauvreté multidimensionnelle non monétaire au Cameroun et en teste la concordance avec le profil de pauvreté monétaire disponible. Elle est structurée autour d’un indicateur composite qui rend compte de la diversité des conditions de vie des ménages au...

Some papers, for reasons which remain at least partially obscure, leave a persistent trace in intellectual history. Such is the case with Keynes’ paper “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren”, although it never attracted much attention within the economic profession, besides...

Henri Sterdyniak montre la nécessité de prendre au sérieux le déséquilibre attendu du système de retraite français et interroge les insuffisances des réformes de 2003 et 2008. Il identifie un certain nombre de priorités, notamment celle de favoriser l'emploi des seniors tout en tenant...

Cet article vise à souligner le rôle des ressources politiques, des contraintes institutionnelles et des compromis sociaux dans l'élaboration des politiques fiscales. À partir d'une réflexion historique sur quelques-unes des réformes mises en oeuvre depuis le XIXe siècle et de...