Labour economics

the peak, the increase of world demand was strong (16.7% for stainless steel, the main consumer of nickel with 70% of world market, International Nickel Study Group) but market was only supposed to be in deficit of 2%. No major geopolitical event or labour event were recorded that would shorten the supply and increase prices so fast. At such a high-price, volumes exchanged on the LME were getting thinner and thinner and big consumers were even trying to sell back their Nickel on the market as they

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réformes structurelles sur lesquelles s’est centré le présent rapport. 92 CONSEIL D’ANALYSE ÉCONOMIQUE Références bibliographiques Acemoglu D., P. Aghion et F. Zilibotti (2006) : « Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth », Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 4, n° 1, pp. 37-74. Aghion P., L. Boustan, C. Hoxby et J. Vandenbussche (2005) : Exploiting State’s Mistakes to Evaluate the Impact of Higher Education on Growth, Mimeo Harvard. Aghion P. et É. Cohen (2004)

truies améliore la marge, cela apparaît comme l’une des solutions les moins intéressantes économiquement. L’amélioration de la survie des petits porcelets permet d’engraisser des animaux supplémentaires à des conditions économiquement intéressantes. Economic incidence of high prolificacy in pig commercial herds: comparison of 13 scenarios. Over the past ten years, the important increase of sow prolificacy leaded the pig producers to adapt the herd management method in order to breed additional pigs.

majeur des Américains est le sous-emploi qui se généralise", estime le sociologue Richard Sennett. | REUTERS/JIM YOUNG Economiste de formation, sociologue et historien du travail, l'Américain Richard Sennett est professeur à la London School of Economics et à l'université de New York (NYU). Pour lui, la montée du chômage pousse l'électorat américain à droite. Barack Obama a-t-il commis une erreur en plaçant la santé, plutôt que l'emploi, comme enjeu prioritaire de son action initiale ? Richard

WORKERS To investigate the relationships between new technologies, innovative workplace practices and the age structure of the workforce we start from a classical labour-demand framework, assuming that the cost function is a restricted translog. Since we are interested in age effects, the only variable inputs are different types of labour indexed first by age and second by age and occupational groups. The data we use come from several French datasets: the C.O.I. survey and the DADS and BRN files. We

consensual or non-consensual, which determines whether or not violence or threats are essential to the crimes, as shown in Table 2. What changes by region are the kinds of groups that engage in these activities. The history of criminality in a region, its economic standing, geographic location, national and ethnic customs and beliefs, and political climate are all important factors in shaping the kinds of organised criminal groups that develop in a country or region[5]. North American History of Organised

restriction and hardship for the British population. In the mean time, the economy was trying to reorganize for the military related industry it was difficult to readapt to ordinary life and to peacetime requirements. Nevertheless, little by little economic production rose again and consumer goods became more and more widely available. People wanted to consume, to move, so they bought cars, to buy radios, to be entertained,… so of course, the 30 years that followed are considered in Britain as years

trio, legitimacy, economic performance Cahier de recherche 5/2008 Sommaire Introduction ............................................................................. 5 1 The call of institutions for a socially responsible firm ......................... 6 1.1 Negative externalities and the dissociation of the economic and social boundaries of the firm ......................................................................................... 6 1.2 The compromise on economic and social boundaries

Since the 1980’s, the globalisation has brought several changes in companies’ strategies. The new economic context and the development of multinational corporations which become increasingly able to compete in a changing environment, reveal an increase in the key role of Human Resource Management (HRM). Human Resource (HR) department presents continually its usefulness and we can declare that it is a competitive advantage by itself in global context (Legge, K.2005). Boxall et al. (2003) argue that