Effects of minimum-wage rises on average wages
Gilbert Cette, Valérie Chouard et Grégory Verdugo
This study describes the effects of adjustments in the French minimum wage (SMIC) on average wages. We examine two average-wage indicators: the hourly basic wage for manual workers (Salaire Horaire de...
From the minimum wage to living standards: components and trends
Adélaïde Favrat, Delphine Prady et Chloé Tavan
In 2011, workers earning the hourly minimum wage were more likely to be at the low end of the living-standards scale than other employees. Their living standards stood at a mere two-thirds of those of...
Sévane Ananian et Oana Calavrezo
Do spells of minimum-wage work act as transitions to higher wages or, on the contrary, are they a sign of lastingly precarious wage paths? To answer this question, we selected a sample of workers paid...
Introduction to victimization dossier
Renée Zauberman et Philippe Robert (Cesdip) ; Michel Duée, Laurence Jaluzot et Sébastien Picard (Insee)
Introduction to the Victimization dossier...
Victimization surveys in Europe
Renée Zauberman et Philippe Robert
Over the past quarter-century, victimization and insecurity surveys have grown substantially but in highly variable proportions in European countries. Questionnaires are now nearly standardized for vi...
Valérie Carrasco, Laure Chaussebourg et Joël Creusat
The five types of personal assault (excluding sexual assault and household violence) observed in the Insee surveys on Living Environment and Security (Cadre de Vie et Sécurité: CVS) are: personal thef...
Assaults on women at home or outside the home: a risk analysis
Huong Dang-Vu et Thomas Le Jeannic
The Insee survey on Living Environment and Security (Cadre de Vie et Sécurité: CVS) enables us to measure different types of personal assault, from insults and theft to physical and sexual assault, in...
Violence and social background in adolescence
Stéphane Legleye
Police and gendarmerie statistics show a rise in violent acts committed by French teenagers between 1993 and 2008. In the same period, the consumption of psychoactive substances increased, fuelling th...
Aggressive behaviour and alcohol consumption
Laurent Bègue
To better understand the links between aggressive behaviour and alcohol consumption, an epidemiological survey based on the quota method was conducted among 2,019 people representing the population ag...