Cette étude analyse l'influence de la pauvreté sur les choix de scolarisation et de travail des enfants à partir des données provenant d'une enquête ménages réalisée par le CERDI, au Mali, en 2009 et en 2011. Ces choix sont a priori considérés comme deux formes particulières...

Without any pretension of exhaustiveness, this manuscript revisits, in a historical approach, the main concepts that have contributed to forge economic science in the last five centuries. In this respect, It retraces the great schools of thought and doctrines that have developed successively or...

Considering spatial mobility as an important dimension of human capability with direct implications for well-being, this study examines the link between individuals’ socioeconomic status and their degree of mobility. We use data from the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) conducted in...

Cette étude analyse l’influence de la pauvreté sur les choix de scolarisation et de travail des enfants à partir des données provenant d’une enquête ménages réalisée par le CERDI, au Mali, en 2009 et en 2011. Ces choix sont a priori considérés comme deux formes particulières...

Using a panel dataset on 45 sub-Saharan Africa countries (SSA), this study analyzes empirically the socioeconomic determinants of life expectancy gain (considered as an indicator of global health improvement at country level). In order to treat heterogeneity and endogeneity concerns, we use...

The household's consumption expenditures decisions are usually analyzed assuming that household members pool their income (Income Pooling Hypothesis). According to this hypothesis, household’s expenditure pattern is influenced only by the total income and not by the amounts of individual...

This study attempts to extend reflections on gender disparities in children's time allocation based on household survey data in Mali. We test the gender disparities in schooling and child labor using the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. The objective is to identify the contributions of unobservable...

The worldwide increases in food prices during 2007-2008 period has led many countries to set up fund to support agricultural producers through credits and subsidies systems. The government of Mali, since 2008, has adopted a strategy focused on inputs supply to facilitate farmers’ access to...