Paris School of Economics
Economics
The present paper proposes a theoretical framework to examine the relationship between the functional and personal distribution of income. To this end, it introduces the concept of inequality in income composition. Inequality in income... more
Objective: to analyze the factors that affect use and nonuse of contraception in adolescent and young adults in Costa Rica (between ages 15 -35). Methods:The influence of personal and socioeconomic characteristics in the decision... more
Esta nota técnica presenta información sobre los presupuestos, cantidad de personal y carga de trabajo (medido por la cantidad de denuncias atendidas) de las principales instituciones encargadas de la defensa de los habitantes... more
El presente documento muestra la nota metodológica y resultados principales sobre la estimación de los salarios docentes para los países de la Región Centroamericana, insumo para el Capítulo Especial de Educación del Quinto Informe Estado... more
We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes: general health status, mental health, physical health problems, and health behaviours (drinking and smoking). Lottery... more
This paper examines the existence of social interactions in malaria preventive behaviors in Sub-Saharan Africa, that is, whether an individual’s social environment has an influence on the individual’s preventive behaviors. We focus on the... more
Recent studies examining the relationship between family income and child health in the UK have produced mixed findings. We re-examine the income gradient in child general health and its evolution with child age in this country, using a... more
This paper proposes two original measures of socioeconomic polarization, in order to quantify phenomena that are not always taken into account by social inequality measures. Our approach is inspired by the literature on bivariate... more
This paper analyzes the effect of malaria prevalence and indoor residual spraying on the probability of sleeping under an insecticide-treated bed net in nine sub-Saharan countries. Specifically, it examines whether bed net usage is... more
Background Our paper investigates the relationship between family income and child health in France. We first examine whether there is a significant correlation between family income and child general health, and the evolution of this... more
The increased availability of genetic information online has led to growing concerns regarding health disparities among racial and ethnic groups and the need to examine the role of race/ethnicity in genetic testing awareness. Online users... more
This paper explores the relationship between parental education and offspring body weight in France. Using two large datasets spanning the 1991–2010 period, we examine the existence of inequalities in maternal and paternal education and... more
Introduction – Dans le contexte du vieillissement de la population, il semble important de mieux comprendre comment les inégalités sociales de santé évoluent au cours de la vie. Cet article s’intéresse à la corrélation entre le statut... more
Traditional indices of bi-dimensional inequality and polarization were developed for cardinal variables and cannot be used to quantify dispersion in ordinal measures of socioeconomic status and health. This paper develops two approaches... more