Curriculum Vitae. Institutions and Organizations, Health Economics, Property Rights, Labour Economics, Population Economics, Societal conflicts.

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1 Marie-Christine THAIZE CHALLIER Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL INFORMATION Nationality: French. Family: Married. Three children. CONTACT INFORMATION University Paris 2 / Sorbonne Université, 12 Place du Panthéon, Paris Cedex 05, France. marie-christine.thaize@u-paris2.fr University Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CEPN (UMR-CNRS 7234), 99 Avenue J.B. Clément, F Villetaneuse, France. Phone: + 33 (0) m-christine.thaize@wanadoo.fr PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS, FELLOWSHIPS, ACADEMIC BACKGROUND PhD in Economics: State Doctorate, 1992, University of Aix-Marseille 2, GREQAM, France. Research associate 1 st class CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) Teaching associate (past) - University of the Mediterranean and EHESS, Marseille: Labour Economics and Agency Theory. - University of Social Sciences, Toulouse 1: Unemployment Theories ; Mathematical Demography ; Labour Supply. Research associate 2 nd class CNRS (CNRS competitive entry exam: 1985), Economics. (Top-ranked on the non-profiled posts). FIELDS OF RESEARCH Institutions and Organizations, Health Economics, Property Rights, Labour Economics, Population Economics, Societal conflicts. VISITING POSITIONS, SHORT-TERM INVITATIONS (Selection since 1991) Visiting Scientist, CIRANO, Université de Montréal, Montréal, December Visiting Scholar, CIRPEE, Université Laval, Québec, December Visiting Scholar, CIRANO, Université de Montréal, Montréal, April

2 Visiting Scholar, CIRPEE, Université Laval, Québec, April Visiting Scholar, London School of Economics (Suntory-Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines, STICERD-LSE), London, May MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (Current or past affiliation): American Economic Association (AEA), European Association of Law and Economics (EALE), European Economic Association (EEA), European Historical Economics Society (EHES), European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), French Association of Economic Sciences (AFSE), International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE). CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS (Selection since 1991) French Association of Economic Sciences (AFSE), Paris, September Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET), (registered), Padova, November European Economic Association (EEA), Budapest, August Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (24 th ), (Presentation, Chair session), Fribourg, Switzerland, 31 May - 01 June, CIRPEE, Université Laval, Québec, 03 December Historical Association of Rural Societies Conference, Caen, September European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), Lyon, September GREQAM Seminar, Marseille, 08 June Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (12 th ), (Presentation, Chair session, and Discussion). Clermont- Ferrand, June CNRS-GDR workshop on Labour and Microeconomics, Centre d Etudes de la Sorbonne (CES), Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, September Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (11 th ). (Local Organization, Chair session, and Discussion). Marseille, June CNRS-GDR workshop on Labour and Microeconomics, Centre d Etudes de la Sorbonne (CES), Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 26 November Journées du SESAME (3 rd ), Discussant, Arles, France, September CIRPEE, Université Laval, Québec, 16 April CIRANO, Université de Montréal, 08 April GREQAM Workshop, Marseille, 26 February CNRS-GDR workshop on Labour and Microeconomics, CREST-ENSAE, Paris, November Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET), Toulouse, November GREQAM, Workshop, Marseille, July Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (9 th ), (Presentation and Discussion), Strasbourg, June CNRS-GDR workshop on Labour and Microeconomics, Paris, 21 October Charles Gide Association Conference (4 th ), History of Economic Thought on Institutionalism, Discussant, Marseille, September Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (8 th ), (Presentation and Discussion), Caen, May London School of Economics (LSE), STICERD workshop, London, May 1991 (i). Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, May London School of Economics (LSE), STICERD workshop, London, May 1991 (ii). RESEARCH GRANTS 2

3 Ministry of the Environment Grant; Family Allowance Office Grant; European Research Council Grant; University of Montreal Grant; Ministry of Education Grants; Ministry of Foreign Affairs Grants; Ministry of Work, Employment, and Professional Training Grant; STICERD-London School of Economics Grant; Ministry of Foreign Affairs Grants: Relations France-Québec Grant and Université Laval (Québec); CNRS PIRTTEM Grant; Ministry of Women s Rights Grant; Regional Council of Midi-Pyrénées (France) Grant. REFEREEING Annales d Economie et de Statistiques (Annals of Economics and Statistics), Economics Bulletin, Economie et Prévision, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Public Economics, Revue d'economie Politique. COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES (Selection) Responsibilities in Universities and Laboratories: Member of the steering committee of research laboratories: ( ); ( ); ( ). Professional training correspondent (relationship between the CNRS and the laboratory) ( ). In charge of the Working Papers of research laboratories: (1993); ( ). Co-responsible at the IDEP for the environment economics, Univ. Aix-Marseille ( ). Graduate Studies Committee, University of the Mediterranean (Univ. Aix-Marseille 2), Paul Cezanne University (Univ. Aix-Marseille 3) and EHESS ( ). Co-organizer of the IDEP (Institut d Economie Publique) workshops, University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille: - Health Economics (13 May 1997, 13 Oct. 1995, 27 March 1995, 20 December 1994). - Regional and Urban Economics (30 March 1995). - Public Economics (09-10 March 1995, 04 May 1995, 07 June 1995). - Environmental Economics (09 Nov. 1995, Nov. 1996, 29 January 1996, 14 June 1996). Local organizer of the Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (11 th ), GREQAM, University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille, June Local organizer of the CNRS-GDR Conference on Quantitative Analysis of Individual Data in Labour Economics, GREQAM, University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille, 11 June Co-organizer of the Microeconomics, Microeconometrics and Employment Data workshop at GREQAM, University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille, In charge of the Labour Market: Microeconomics and Microeconometrics workshop at GREQAM, University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille, Coordinator of the CNRS-GDR Employment for the GREQAM, Univ. Aix-Marseille ( ). In charge of the orders for economics books with the research library, GREQAM, Univ. Aix-Marseille ( ). In charge of the subscriptions to academic journals with the research library, GREQAM, Univ. Aix- Marseille ( ). Co-Head of the Microeconomics, Microeconometrics and Employment Data research group, GREQAM, Univ. Aix-Marseille ( ). Head of the Labour Market: Microeconomics and Microeconometrics research group, GREQAM, Univ. Aix-Marseille ( ). Graduate Supervision and Advising (Past): Thesis committee membership: University of Montreal; University of Besançon. Doctoral supervision: University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille 2. 3

4 Graduate student supervision (masters): University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille 2 and Paul Cézanne University, Aix-Marseille 3. Graduate Committee Membership (masters): University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille 2 and Paul Cézanne University, Aix-Marseille 3. Graduate student advisor or co-advisor: Ecole Nationale d'administration (ENA); Ecole Polytechnique; University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille 2; Paul Cézanne University, Aix-Marseille 3. COMMUNICATIONS IN CONFERENCES, SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS (Selection since 1991) Socio-Political Conflict, Social Distance, and Rent Extraction in Historical Perspective, AFSE (French Association of Economic Sciences) Congress, Paris, 09 September Payment Schemes and Technology Characteristics: An Examination of a Class of Contracts, - Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET)(registered), Padova Nov European Economic Association (EEA), Budapest, August Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (24 th ), Fribourg, Switzerland, 31 May-01 June Optimal Compensations under Asymmetries of Information, CIRPEE seminar, University Laval, Quebec, 03 December Asymmetries of Information and Agrarian Rents from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution (in French). (First Draft with other title: GREQAM WP 97I01, June 1997). International Conference of the Historical Association of Rural Societies, Caen, September Property Rights and Natural Risks in the Wetlands: the Case of the Rhone Delta (in French), GREQAM-IDEP seminar, Marseille, June Incentive Payment Schemes in Teams under Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection (with L.-A. Gérard- Varet). (Latest version) : - Papers and Proceedings of the European Association of Labor Economists (EALE) Conference (Papers and Proceedings), Volume 4, Lyon, Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET), Toulouse, November Remunerations under Asymmetries of Information (in French), - GREQAM, Seminar, Marseille, 08 June Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (12 th ), Clermont-Ferrand, June Incentives in Teams under Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection (with L.-A. Gerard-Varet). Earlier versions: - CNRS-GDR workshop on Labour and Microeconomics, CES, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 26 Nov CIRPEE, University Laval, Quebec, 16 April CIRANO, University of Montreal, 08 April CNRS-GDR workshop on Recent Theoretical and Econometric Approaches in Microeconomics on Labour (in French), CES, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, September Rural Labour Contracts, Moral Hazard, and Task-Sharing (in French) - GREQAM seminar, Marseille, 26 February CNRS-GDR workshop on Labour and Microeconomics, CREST-ENSAE, Paris, Nov Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (9 th ), Strasbourg, June (GREQAM WP 92A04, 1992). - CNRS-GDR workshop, Paris, 21 October Incentive Payment in Teams under Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection (with L.-A. Gérard-Varet): - Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET), Toulouse, Nov GREQAM, Workshop, Marseille, July

5 Crafts, Contracts and Wages (in French), GREQAM workshop, Marseille, July Unemployment Duration: Long-Term and Recurrent Unemployment Spells in France, - London School of Economics (LSE), STICERD Workshop, London, May Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (8 th ), Caen, May Labour Supply in Finland: Participation and Weekly Time Allocation of the Married Women : - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, May London School of Economics (LSE), STICERD Workshop, London, May DATABASE (built: since 2010) - Type: Building a historical database. - Theme: Urban social conflict, Social polarization, Institutions, Law. - Period and place: Middle Ages ( ). France. Sample of towns. PUBLICATIONS DOCTORAL THESES [Ph.D.2] Ph.D. dissertation ( State Doctorate ): Labour Supply, Contracts, and Labour Market Balkanization (in French: Offre de Travail, Contrats, et Balkanisation du Marché de l Emploi. ). University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille 2, 509 p., Committee: A.B. Atkinson (London School of Economics), D. Cabanis (University of Toulouse 1), J.-J. Gabszewicz (CORE, Louvain-la-Neuve), L.-A. Gérard-Varet (GREQAM, University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille), M. Lebreton (GREQAM, University of the Mediterranean, Aix- Marseille), J.-J. Silvestre (LEST, University of the Mediterranean and University of Provence, Aix- Marseille). (Very honourable with the congratulation of the jury). Book: Les Modèles Théoriques d'offre de Travail. Eds. Economica, Collection "Approfondissement de la Connaissance Economique",168 pages, 1997, Paris. [Ph.D.1] Ph.D. dissertation ( Third Cycle Doctorate ): Microeconomic Analysis of Fertility. The French Case (In French : La fécondité en France : analyse microéconomique ). University of Social Sciences, Toulouse 1, 273 p. Committee : C. Crampes (GREMAQ, University of Toulouse 1), B. Maris (University of Toulouse 1), M. Moreaux (GREMAQ, University of Toulouse 1), J. Vincens (University of Toulouse 1). (With highest honors). Book : La fécondité en France : Analyse microéconomique. Ed. : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS (Eds.), 196 p., Paris, [Distinction about the book: Alfred Sauvy s Notes in Le Monde, March 1986]. BOOKS Labour Supply Theories (in French : Les Modèles Théoriques d'offre de Travail). Economica, 168 pages, 1997, Paris. Dynamic Analysis of Populations: Demographic and Economic Approaches (in French: Analyse Dynamique des Populations. Les Approches Démographiques et Economiques) (with Ph. Michel). Economica, 215 pages, 1996, Paris. 5

6 Microeconomic Analysis of Fertility. The French Case (In French : La fécondité en France : Analyse microéconomique). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 196 pages, 1985, Paris. ARTICLES in REFEREED JOURNALS and REFEREED BOOKS Multidimensional Polarization, Social Classes, and Societal Conflict: Evidence from Medieval Towns. Review of European Studies, 8 (1), 2014, pp Intrinsic Motivation and Real Individual Piecewise Linear Wages. Modern Economy, 2, 2011, New Towns in Medieval France and Nature of Institutions. Review of European Studies, 3 (1), 2011, pp Socio-Political Conflict, Social Distance, and Rent Extraction in Historical Perspective. European Journal of Political Economy, 26 (1), 51-67, Values at Work and Poles of Competitiviness (in French: Valeurs au Travail et Pôles de Compétitivité ), in Relations Salariés-Employeurs. Quel Partage des Valeurs? Chap. 5, pp , Ed. L Harmattan, Paris, Patients and Physicians Faced to New HealthCare Systems. In Encyclopaedia of Healthcare Information Systems, (refereed Encyclopedic Volume), Volume 3, , N. Wickramasinghe and E. Geisler (Eds.), Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, Costs and New Technologies in Healthcare Delivery. In Encyclopaedia of Healthcare Information Systems, (refereed Encyclopedic Volume), Volume 1, , N. Wickramasinghe and E. Geisler (Eds.), Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, Poles of Competitiveness: Innovation and Organization in Human Resources? (in French), (four team leaders and seven contributors). Revue Française de Gestion Industrielle, 25 (3), 69-86, Agrarian Informational Rents in France from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth Century, in the Volume: Agrarian Contracts from the Late Antiquity to Nowadays (in French), (refereed article), Collection de la Bibliothèque d Histoire Rurale, Volume 7, 45-62, [Lead Article (one of the four lead articles according the topics).] Demography, in Dictionary of Economic Sciences (in French), , Paris, Ed. Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, Labour Supply, Flexible Working Hours and Types of Jobs (in French), Economie et Prévision, 119, 13-30, Long-term Unemployment and Unemployment Duration (in French) (with L.-A. Gérard-Varet et al.), in Long-Term Unemployment : Acting, Understanding and Assessing (in French), Ed. Syros, Paris, Unemployment Duration: Long-Term and Recurrent Unemployment Spells in France, Economie et Prévision, 105, 55-72, 1992 (in French). (An earlier version in English can be found in LSE-STICERD Working Paper, TIDI 154, London School of Economics, December 1991). Labour Supply in Finland: Participation and Weekly Time Allocation of the Married Women (with H. Joukhi), Annals of Economics and Statistics / Annales d'economie et de Statistique, 19, 69-95, 1990 (in French). (An earlier version in English can be found in LSE-STICERD Working Paper, TIDI 153, London School of Economics, December 1991). Nature of Jobs and Wages: A Simultaneous Equations Model (in French), Revue d'economie Politique, 4, ,

7 Inactivity and Hidden Unemployment (in French), Economie et Sociétés, 11, , From Ascetic Malthusianism to the Family Economy ( ) (in French), Communications, 44, (special issue), 71-85, [Distinction about the special issue: Alfred Sauvy s Notes, 1986, Le Monde ]. Atypical Work and Flexibility. In Search of Chosen Time? (in French), Revue Française des Affaires Sociales, 1, 77-95, [Lead Article (Title framed on the cover page)]. Atypical Work and Risk Theory (in French), Revue Economique, 37 (5), , CHAPTERS IN BOOKS (details of the three books mentioned above to specify my fields of research) Labour Supply under Perfect Information (in French), in Labour Supply Theory (chap. 1), pp. 7-51, 1997, Economica, Paris. Labour Supply under Imperfect Information (in French), in Labour Supply Theory (chap. 2), pp , 1997, Economica, Paris. Contract Theory: Labour Supply under Asymmetries of Information (in French), in Labour Supply Theory (chap. 3), pp , 1997, Economica, Paris. Foreword (in French) (with Ph. Michel), in Analyse Dynamique des Populations (co-authored with Ph. Michel), pp. 5-8, 1996, Economica, Paris. Preliminaries. Basic Principles of Statistical and Mathematical Demography (in French), in Dynamic Analysis of Populations: Demographic and Economic Approaches (book co-authored with Ph. Michel), pp , 1996, Economica, Paris. Population Growth Rate (in French), in Dynamic Analysis of Populations: Demographic and Economic Approaches (book co-authored with Ph. Michel), (chap. 2), pp , 1996, Paris, Economica. Stable Population (in French), in Dynamic Analysis of Populations: Demographic and Economic Approaches (book co-authored with Ph. Michel), (chap. 3), pp , 1996, Paris, Economica. Unstable Population (in French), in Dynamic Analysis of Populations: Demographic and Economic Approaches (book co-authored with Ph. Michel), (chap. 4), pp , 1996, Paris, Economica. Population and Occupational Mobility (in French), in Dynamic Analysis of Populations: Demographic and Economic Approaches (book co-authored with Ph. Michel), (chap. 5), pp , 1996, Paris, Economica. Population and Heterogeneity (in French), in Dynamic Analysis of Populations: Demographic and Economic Approaches (book co-authored with Ph. Michel), (chap. 6), pp , 1996, Paris, Economica. Female Activity and Fertility (in French), in Microeconomic Analysis of Fertility. The French Case (chap. 1), pp , Paris, Editions du CNRS. Fertility during the Life Cycle (in French), in Microeconomic Analysis of Fertility. The French Case (chap. 2), pp , Paris, Editions du CNRS. Empirical Analysis of Timing of Births (in French), in Microeconomic Analysis of Fertility. The French Case (chap. 3), pp , Paris, Editions du CNRS. Fertility since the Ancien Régime (in French), in Microeconomic Analysis of Fertility. The French Case (chap. 4), pp , Paris, Editions du CNRS. Individual Preferences under Uncertainty (in French), in Microeconomic Analysis of Fertility. The French Case 7

8 (chap. 5), pp , Paris, Editions du CNRS. Timing of Births and Economic Uncertainty (in French), in Microeconomic Analysis of Fertility. The French Case (chap. 6), pp , Paris, Editions du CNRS. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES Demography. Population Study: For Understanding and Acting (in French), Les Echos, 14 June PAPERS IN REPORTS Overemployment and Under-Employment through Institutional and Contractual Constraints (in French), Univ. Aix-Marseille, GREQAM WP 93B03, In Collective Report Employment and Wages: Negotiations, Segmentations and Mobilities (in French) for the French Ministry of Education, Long-Term Unemployment and Unemployment Duration (in French), Univ. Aix-Marseille, GREQAM WP 91B08, December In Collective Report Employment: Rules, Signals, Controls (in French) for the Ministry of Education. Long-Term and Recurrent Unemployment Spells (in French), Univ. Aix-Marseille, GREQAM WP 91A15, June In Collective Report Quantitative Analysis of the Micro and Macroeconomic Factors in the Employment Evolution (in French) for the French Ministry of Education. An Historical Analysis on the Labour Market Balkanization in France (in French), Univ. Aix- Marseille, GREQAM Working Paper, 91C02, In Collective Report How to Define Types of Jobs? Legal and Economic Approaches (in French) for the French Ministry of Work, Employment, and Professional Training, Labour Supply, Flexible Working Hours and Types of Jobs (in French). (Earlier draft: Univ. Aix- Marseille, GREQAM Working Paper, 89A12, 1989), Economie et Prévision, 119 (3), 13-30, In Collective Report How to Define Types of Jobs? Legal and Economic Approaches (in French) for the French Ministry of Work, Employment, and Professional Training, Recurrent Unemployment Spells and Forms of Unemployment (in French), WP 90A11, May In Collective Report Entry and Exit in the Labor Market (in French) with a CNRS-LIRHE team for a CNRS-PIRTTEM Program. Unemployment Duration: Long-Term and Recurrent Unemployment Spells in France. Economie et Prévision, 105, (1992) (in French). (An earlier version in English can be found in LES-STICERD Working Paper, TIDI 154, London School of Economics, December 1991). In Collective Report Entry and Exit in the Labor Market (in French) with a CNRS-LIRHE team for a CNRS-PIRTTEM Program. WORKING PAPERS, MIMEO (Selection since 1991) Societal Conflict, Greed, and Grievances Wages, Technology and Agency Problems Social Links on Labour Market Wages and Best Human Resources Practices in New Local Clusters Technology and Asymmetries of Information Socio-Political Conflict, Social Distance, and Rent Extraction in Historical Perspective, Does Social Polarization Lead to Social Conflict? Lessons from History (1 st Fraft: WP , Univ. Paris 2, 48 pages: Social Cohesion, Polarization, Social Conflict, and Fiscal Policy. ). 8

9 Real Individual Incentive Wages, Self-Efficacy, Reciprocity, and Technology. Univ. Paris 2, WP , 36 p., Governance versus Exclusion: The Evolution of Property Rights through Formal and Informal Institutions. Evidence from Medieval Economy, Univ. Paris 2, WP , 40 p., Social Cohesion, Polarization, Social Conflict, and Fiscal Policy, Univ. Paris 2, WP , 48 pages. Social Interactions and Secessions in Medieval Cities, WP , 19 p., Principal-Agent Theory and French Agricultural Contracts from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century (1 st draft, WP , 25 p., 2000), (2 nd draft: Rural Contracts and Medieval Institutions in France, WP , 25 p., 2003). Payment Schemes and Technology Characteristics: An Examination of a Class of Contracts. Univ. Paris 2, WP , 40 p., Greed, Altruism and Emulation in Financial Behaviours. Mimeo, Univ. Paris 2 (1 st draft: 2005), 13 pages, Working under the influence of technology: Do you pay for the expected output, or for the probability of reaching the output threshold?, WP , 36 p., Organizational and Institutional Dynamics on the Evolution of Property Rights: Historical Evidence., WP , 30 p., Compensations optimales avec asymétries d information. (with B. Solonandrasana). (1 st draft: WP , 47 pages), WP , 48 pages, Alliance, rivalry, incentives, and property rights in medieval rural economy: France, , WP , Juin 2004, 37 pages. Incentive Theory Applied to Environmental Principles. The case of the Rhône Delta. Mimeo, Univ. Aix-Marseille, GREQAM (1 st draft: Dec. 1996, 12 pages), (with B. Solonandrasana), In French : Théorie des contrats et détermination des schémas de salaire : une revue de la littérature. Mimeo, Univ. Aix-Marseille, GREQAM, Partage du risque et des tâches dans les contrats ruraux. Une mise en perspective historique., Univ. Aix- Marseille, GREQAM, Mimeo, Hôpitaux, Incitations et Efficience Sociale. Univ. Aix-Marseille, GREQAM, Mimeo, 16 pages, Contrats, aléa moral et partage des tâches. Une application aux contrats ruraux des terroirs français des périodes pré et post-révolutionnaires., Univ. Aix-Marseille, WP GREQAM-CNRS 92A04, Métiers, Contrats et Salaires. Univ. Aix-Marseille, GREQAM, Mimeo, 26 pages, Analyse historique d'un marché du travail mosaïqué. La France du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours., Univ. Aix- Marseille, WP GREQAM 91C02, 1991 Le marché du travail rural. Esquisse historique des contrats d'amodiation et partage du risque., Univ. Aix-Marseille, WP GREQAM 91C01, RESEARCH IN PROGRESS FIELD: HEALTH Healthcare Delivery, Technology, and Practitioners Remunerations. FIELD: INSTITUTIONS (URBAN SOCIAL CONFLICT, POLARIZATION) Urban Societal Conflict, Greed, and Political Grievances. 9

10 Social Interactions and Secessions in Urban Institutions. FIELD: LAW, PROPERTY RIGHTS Land Value and Property Rights. Property Rights and Expropriation in Historical Perspective. FIELD: LABOUR The Effects of Firm Standards and Technology Change on Wage Distribution. Wages and Best Human Resources Practices in New Local Clusters. Technology and Asymmetries of Information. Social Links on Labour Market. 10