What are the characteristics of the French public services ? The evolution of the real frontier between the public and private sectors and its theoretical rationalization are tracked. During the liberalism period, regulation and public property were not to be mixed. The government influence has...

Labour force participation of women has increased substantially during the last decades, but women?'s wages are still on average lower than men?'s. Following the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method (1973), numerous econometric studies show that part of the differential is determined by...

Capital taxation in Europe is still under construction. The effective tax rates and legislation differ greatly among member states. This creates obstacles to free movements of capital and double taxation and permits fiscal optimization behaviour and a quasi tax free treatment of non-residents...