Publications
C’est par l’injuste que nous entrons dans le domaine de la justice, disait Ricœur. Or, partout, depuis Sidi Bouzid jusqu’à Wall Street, en passant par la place Tahrir et celle de la Puerta del Sol, ceux qui sont victimes de l’injustice crient leur souffrance. Plus que des attentes, ils manifestent des exigences de justice sociale. Mais la justice sociale est-elle possible ? Est-elle réalisable ? Les réponses des théories contemporaines de la justice sont insatisfaisantes. Ainsi que l’a montré Sen, elles se déchirent entre des approches idéales qui s’enferrent dans des considérations vaines sur la société parfaitement juste et des approches comparatives qui proposent une pluralité de critères d’évaluation sociale qui peuvent être contradictoires entre eux.Feriel Kandil se ressaisit de la question en portant l’éclairage sur les conditions de possibilité de la justice sociale, qui sont aussi ses conditions de réalisation. Pour ce faire, elle s’appuie sur les travaux de Paul Ricœur et d’Éric Weil. Une approche renouvelée de la justice est ainsi proposée, qui considère la justice sociale non pas seulement, à la manière de Rawls, comme une vertu des institutions, mais également comme une propriété de la bonne action publique, c’est-à-dire de celle qui contribue au bien-vivre ensemble dans des institutions justes.
This book provides an accessible presentation of the standard statistical techniques used by labour economists. It emphasises both the input and the output of empirical analysis and covers five major topics concerning econometric methods used in labour economics: regression and related methods, choice modelling, selectivity issues, duration analysis, and policy evaluation techniques. Each of these is presented in terms of model specification, possible estimation problems, diagnostic checking, and interpretation of the output. It aims to provide guidance to practitioners on how to use the techniques and how to make sense of the results that are produced. It covers methods that are considered to be 'standard' tools in labour economics, but which are often given only a brief and highly technical treatment in econometrics textbooks. It will be a useful reference for postgraduates and advanced undergraduates, researchers embarking on empirical labour market analysis, and for more experienced economists wishing to apply these techniques for the first time. Available in OSO:
Les relations transports et environnement ont considérablement évolué ces dernières années. Les manifestations les plus visibles de ce jour relèvent tant de la taxe carbone, du bonus/malus écologique… que des concertations territoriales pour les projets d'équipement. Le calcul socio-économique fut logiquement mobilisé pour évaluer les nuisances environnementales, mais ces évaluations n'ont que peu irrigué la prise de décision, elle-même soumise à des évolutions de fond : territorialisation, institutionnalisation du débat public et quête de compromis par le développement durable.
Cet ouvrage confronte les réflexions de chercheurs de champs différents et d'acteurs de secteurs et institutions multiples sur l'appropriation des méthodes d'évaluation socio-économique de l'environnement. Partant d'un inventaire actualisé des méthodes et données disponibles sur les coûts environnementaux des transports, il offre ensuite des clés pour comprendre les enjeux, limites et perspectives de telles évaluations. Elles pourraient s'avérer, sous conditions, le vecteur de négociations et de compromis entre acteurs, en vue de politiques de transport plus durables.
This book allows those with a basic knowledge of econometrics to learn the main nonparametric and semiparametric techniques used in econometric modelling, and how to apply them correctly. It looks at kernel density estimation, kernel regression, splines, wavelets, and mixture models, and provides useful empirical examples throughout. Using empirical application, several economic topics are addressed, including income distribution, wage equation, economic convergence, the Phillips curve, interest rate dynamics, returns volatility, and housing prices. A helpful appendix also explains how to implement the methods using R. This useful book will appeal to practitioners and researchers who need an accessible introduction to nonparametric and semiparametric econometrics. The practical approach provides an overview of the main techniques without including too much focus on mathematical formulas. It also serves as an accompanying textbook for a basic course, typically at undergraduate or graduate level.
"This is an exemplary PhD thesis. It shows the PhD candidate's thorough thinking and econometric skills, together with a sense of policy-related research work still ahead. Policy-wise, the thesis is bound to be influential in discussions about the future design of social health protection in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Also, by putting a quote by John Rawls at the beginning of the thesis, Mr Abu-Zaineh lets us understand how challenging it is to the economics discipline to tackle the overall issue of equity". Professor Guy Carrain World Health Orginization
Econometric Theory and Methods International Edition provides a unified treatment of modern econometric theory and practical econometric methods. The geometrical approach to least squares is emphasized, as is the method of moments, which is used to motivate a wide variety of estimators and tests. Simulation methods, including the bootstrap, are introduced early and used extensively. The book deals with a large number of modern topics. In addition to bootstrap and Monte Carlo tests, these include sandwich covariance matrix estimators, artificial regressions, estimating functions and the generalized method of moments, indirect inference, and kernel estimation. Every chapter incorporates numerous exercises, some theoretical, some empirical, and many involving simulation.
Economic Geography" is the most complete, up-to-date textbook available on the important new field of spatial economics. This book fills a gap by providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the latest research and methodologies in an accessible and comprehensive way. It is an indispensable reference for researchers in economic geography, regional and urban economics, international trade, and applied econometrics, and can serve as a resource for economists in government."Economic Geography" presents advances in economic theory that explain why, despite the increasing mobility of commodities, ideas, and people, the diffusion of economic activity is very unequal and remains agglomerated in a limited number of spatial entities. The book complements theoretical analysis with detailed discussions of the empirics of the economics of agglomeration, offering a mix of theoretical and empirical research that gives a unique perspective on spatial disparities. It reveals how location continues to matter for trade and economic development, yet how economic integration is transforming the global economy into an economic space in which activities are performed within large metropolitan areas exchanging goods, skills, and information."Economic Geography" examines the future implications of this evolution in the spatial economy and relates them to other major social and economic trends. It provides a complete introduction to economic geography and explains the latest theory and methodologies. It covers the empirics of agglomeration, from spatial concentration measurement to structural estimations of economic geography models. It includes history and background of the field and serves as a textbook for students and a resource for professionals.
Ces trois volumes de Leçons de philosophie économique ont pour principal objectif d'attester de l'existence et de la profondeur d'une culture commune aux économistes et aux philosophes.Bien que généralement ignorée sous l'empire des contraintes disciplinaires, cette culture en partage transparaît dans la liste foisonnante des sujets abordés parallèlement par les uns et par les autres.Pour aider à sa récapitulation, nous avons privilégié trois interfaces particulièrement denses entre économie et philosophie, auxquelles chacun des trois tomes de ces Leçons est tour à tour consacré.Le présent volume est centré sur la troisième d'entre elles, à l'articulation entre Science économique et philosophie des sciences.
