We consider a Society which as to make a finite dimensional collective decision, and study the "stability" of the public arrangements made in the Society when considering the threats that potential coalitions may generate. We refer for that to the standard cooperative approach based on the...

There are two goods in the economy: a numeraire and a conspicuous (or positional) good. A type maximizes his utility which is a function of the numeraire and the inference of his unobservable rank by other agents. A conspicuous good is an observed signal and Bayesian inference is given by a...

The interconnections of family transformation, childrearing and fertility behaviour are explored. Data were generated through nine focus groups organized among the Ogu and content analyzed. The analysis reveals that although the family system is still largely dominated by extended structure, the...

Population aging produces changes in the availability of kin with uncertain implications for extended living arrangements. We propose a highly stylized model that can be used to analyze and project age-specific proportions of adults living in extended and nuclear households. The model is applied...

We investigate how leaving the parental home differs between three countries with different welfare-state and housing systems: the USA, the Netherlands and West Germany. Using longitudinal survey data, we examine the transitions of leaving home to live with and without a partner. We find that,...

La presente etude comparative porte sur le role que jouent les antecedents familiaux dans l'acces aux etudes postsecondaires au Canada et aux Etats Unis. Etant donne que les etudes postsecondaires sont financees d'une facon tres differente dans l'un et l'autre pays, les antecedents familiaux...

Dans cette etude, on utilise des donnees fiscales longitudinales pour examiner plusieurs aspects encore non decrits de la duree des periodes de residence dans un quartier a faible revenu. Bien que la longueur des nouvelles periodes de residence dans ces quartiers soit generalement importante (du...

This study assesses the effects of literacy and numeracy skills on the labour market outcomes of Canadian high school drop-outs. We find that these skills have significant effects on the probability of being employed and on hours and weeks of work for both men and women, and also have strong...