Research page of Hélène Couprie                


My main research interests are Labour economic, Microeconometrics and Family economics, .


Still running few Experiments on couples with F. Cochard, A. Hopfensitz, M. Beblo, D. Beninger, E. Cudeville and C. Sofer
Some structural microeconometrics on Domestic violence (with H. Djebbari) and Household production (with G. Ferrant)
I'm also trying to find time to work on topics such as Time-use (sleep, share of time, domestic work), Intra-household risk-sharing, Glass-ceiling, Discrimination and Loss of social class.

"Do spouses cooperate ? If not: why ?", 2009, Working paper Thema 10/09, with Astrid Hopfensitz and François Cochard [downloadable here]

Pictures (slideshow) - Socio-demographic & psychological questionnaire (in French Here)

"Is intrahousehold power more balanced in poor households?", 2010, Journal of Public Economics, 7-8, 493-507, with Eugenio Peluso and Alain Trannoy [Here]
On the preservation of Lorenz criteria when shifting from a household income distribution to an individuals income distribution, non parametric test on french data:

"Is intrahousehold power more balance in poor households ? A parametric alternative", Working Paper THEMA 2009-12 [downloadable here]
Companion paper

"Time allocation within the family: welfare implication on life in a couple", 2007, Economic Journal, 117, 287-305 [Here]
On estimating the sharing rule using the change of cohabitational status observed in the BHPS:

My PhD thesis "L'influence du contexte instritutionnel et familial sur l'offre de travail des femmes: approches microéconométriques" [Ici, Résumé]

“Contraintes horaires sur le marché du travail français: une caractérisation du sous et du sur-emploi”,
Les Annales d’Economie et de Statistique , 2007, with Xavier Joutard [Ici]
On the time constraints faced by women on the french labour market, structural estimation:
 
“La modélisation collective de l’offre de travail : mise en perspective et application aux données britanniques”, Revue Economique, 2004, 55(4), 767-789, with Andrew Clark and Catherine Sofer [Ici]
On estimating the collective model and searching distribution factors on cross-sectional BHPS data
 
“La modulation des horaires de travail dans les “accords 35 heures”: quelques caractéristiques”, Travail et Emploi, 2000, 83, 79-96, with Gilbert Cette
On analyzing the contents of 35 hours employer-employee agreements regarding flexible hours of work requirements

Rapport DRES-MiRe 2008 : « Assurance chômage et inégalités intra-familiales », with Olivier Charlot, Bruno Decreuse, François Cochard, Astrid Hopfensitz, Sarolta Laczo
[Synthèse - Partie 1 - Partie 2]
Research Report On the intra-household risk sharing of the unemployment risk and its links with intra-household inequalities



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