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This paper assesses the support provided by the tax and social security system to young adults aged 18-24, distinguishing between the direct benefits they receive and the transfers channelled through their parents, whether in the form of increases in social security benefits or tax savings. Using th...
Galland Olivier. Introduction – En transition vers l’âge adulte / Introduction - In Transition to Adulthood. In: Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, n°514-516, 2020. Numéro spécial : Jeunes et transitions vers l'âge adulte. pp. 5-8.
While the health of young adults is a recognised public health issue in France, less attention is paid to their use of healthcare. This article examines the existence of unequal opportunities in the use of healthcare for young adults using data from the National Survey on the Resources of Young Adul...
Using a French survey on the resources of young adults (Enquête nationale sur les ressources des jeunes adultes, ENRJ), this article analyses the links between family relationships and the regular financial support provided by parents to their young adult children aged 18 to 24. Beyond the “classic”...
This paper examines the life courses of young adults in France, the differences between courses according to gender and social background, and their evolution. The study is based on the survey Santé et itinéraire professionnel (a survey on health and professional career conducted by DREES and Dares)...
This paper proposes a new measure of the financial situation of young adults by constructing an “individualised” standard of living relative to the parental household, incorporating a monetary valuation of co-residence and a precise quantification of parental financial assistance using the 2014 Enqu...
The career aspirations of young employees, recorded via the Defis system (Dispositif d’enquêtes sur les formations et les itinéraires des salariés, a set of surveys on training and employee trajectory), by no means fit one single model. On the one hand, they are guided by a career-trajectory plan or...
The 2008 economic crisis, which has had a significant impact on young adults’ entry into the labour market, may have changed their opinions on social policies and expenditure. Data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP, 2006, 2016) allow analysis and comparison of these opinions and t...
The category of young people not in employment, education or training, often known by the acronym NEET, has become a target of public policies to combat the integration difficulties faced by young people in different countries. However, the category remains heavily criticised due to the heterogeneit...
Entering adulthood is characterised by different choices. These include choosing whether or not to study, leave the parental home or work. This article examines the potential links between family environment and the choices made by young adults using data from the Enquête nationale sur les ressource...
Socioeconomic inequalities affect all areas of consumption. Disparities in food consumption have nutritional consequences that may contribute to social inequalities in health. Drawing on 40 years of representative data at the household level (1971‑2010), this paper examines changes in the major food...
Competition and climate becoming more important for electricity production and consumption, market operators are increasingly interested in reliable forecasts of electricity prices and consumption for planning their investments and regulating policies. Key for good forecasts is understanding the con...
The idea that competitive balance increases the utility of fans, and therefore their spending and the revenue of professional clubs, lies at the heart of sports economics in general and the economics of football in particular. This notion of competitive balance is often invoked to explain the decisi...
We measure the extent of discrimination in access to rental housing in the private sector using a test in the 50 largest urban areas in Metropolitan France, covering several grounds of discrimination : age, origin, place of residence and combinations thereof. The protocol consisted of sending, betwe...
Using data from the 2010‑2011 Insee Household Budget Survey (enquête Budget de famille), the article examines the links between the saving rate of French households and their income. It shows that the saving rate of the richest households increases with permanent income : they save more over their l...
In France, recent economic trends have rekindled the feeling of divergence between global economic growth and changes in purchasing power. Long series of national accounts help put this gap in perspective. More so than GDP, the most appropriate indicator for capturing changes in the living condition...
In France since the 1970s, the growth in labour force has been driven largely by that of women’s participation in the labour market and the fact that they interrupt their careers less often after motherhood. Their level of education has also risen considerably, and they have, on average, been more h...
We challenge the accepted wisdom of a global secular decline in the labor share. A simple theoretical model is proposed to highlight the main factors of change in the labor share. We document three issues in the existing literature : (i) starting periods for the empirical analysis ; (ii) accounting...
This paper describes, in a non‑technical way, the main impact evaluation methods, both experimental and quasi‑experimental, and the statistical model underlying them. In the first part, we provide a brief survey of the papers making use of those methods that have been published by the journal Econom...
Djiriguian Julie, Sémécurbe François. Fifty Years of Abstracts in the Journal Economie et Statistique. In: Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, n°510-512, Special Issue 50th Anniversary. pp. 7-11.
The purpose of this paper is to trace the gradual emergence of microsimulation models dedicated to the analysis of tax and social security policies in France since the mid-1960s, as well as their subsequent consolidation since the mid-2000s. A brief outline of these models is given using the static/...
In France, the proportion of unskilled non‑manual jobs is higher today than forty years ago, especially in personal service sectors. However, these unskilled jobs are only growing in occupations where employers enjoy significant reductions in social contributions and only in periods when these reduc...
This article sheds light on the long‑term development of income and wealth inequality and the link between them in France. Following a sharp decline in inequality that began at the beginning of the First World War, a trend towards inequality has emerged (and continues) since the mid‑1980s. The histo...
Cohen Daniel. Preface – Times Have Changed. In: Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, n°510-512, Special Issue 50th Anniversary. pp. 13-15.