In this paper, we examine the disincentive effects of the public employment service on the search effort of unemployed workers and on their exit rate from unemployment. For that purpose, we specify a structural search model with fixed and variable costs of search in which unemployed workers...

.Knowledge and projection of farm numbers and the structure of their population is an important issue for agricultural economists and policy makers. Although Markov chain models have enjoyed decades of popularity in forecasting total farm numbers, they generally fail to provide a detailed...

Knowledge and projection of farm numbers and the structure of their population is an important issue for agricultural economists and policy makers. Although Markov chain models have enjoyed decades of popularity in forecasting total farm numbers, they generally fail to provide a detailed insight...

The estimation of the elasticity of hours to wages relies mostly on laborsupply models although workers choices of hours may be constrained. This article reexaminesthe theoretical meaning of this elasticity accounting for labor demand. To do so, we introducepart-time work characteristics within...

We examine the effects of the French government’s 1990 reform for the farming sector on individuals’ retirement behavior. This reform has induced different changes in the Social Security Wealth of farmers living in different rural areas, and thus provided a natural experiment framework....

In this paper, we examine the effects of the french government's 1990 reform of the farming sector on indiviuals' retirement behavior. This reform has induced different changes in the Social Security Wealth of farmers living in different rural areas, and thus provided a ``natural experiment''...