967 research outputs found
Measuring educational inequalities:A method and an application to Albania
In this paper, we investigate whether educational inequalities stem rather from differences between families or within families. In a poor economy, schooling is costly for parents and education is likely to be unequally distributed among siblings. Drawing on discrete ordered choice models, we present a simple method to estimate the between and within components of both the explained and unexplained variances of education. For our empirical analysis, we use the LSMS survey conducted in 2002 in Albania. We explain about 40% of the total variance and find that inequalities in education are mainly due to differences between families. Differences within family are lower and far less easily explained.Education, intra-household inequality, random effects ordered Probit models, siblings
Le point de vue critique de l'anthropologie musicale
The label and/or concept of "world music" (as "cross-over") is often seen by professional ethnomusicologists more implied by the preservation of traditions as an object of disgust or refusal. The socio-historical approach proposed here shows that it non more than a marketing concept. This type of musical product should not be confused with the result of people from different cultures making music together, in search of an musical encounter.La World music suscite chez nombre d'ethnomusicologues, lĂ©gitimement soucieux de la prĂ©servation des traditions, une apprĂ©hension, une rĂ©action de rejet, quand ce n'est une crainte ou une haine. L'approche socio-historique proposĂ©e souhaite ramener ce phĂ©nomĂšne Ă sa juste mesure : une stratĂ©gie de conquĂȘte de marchĂ©. Il conviendra d'en distinguer certaines rencontres entre musiciens de diffĂ©rentes cultures, nĂ©es de l'approfondissement d'une quĂȘte musical
The spatial selection of heterogeneous firms
The aim of this paper is to study the spatial selection of firms once it is recognized that heterogeneous firms typically choose different locations in respond to market integration of regions having different sizes. Specifically, we show that decreasing trade costs leads to the gradual agglomeration of efficient firms in the large region because these firms are able to survive in a more competitive environment. In contrast, high-cost firms seek protection against competition from the efficient firms by establishing themselves in the small region. However, when the spatial separation of markets ceases to be a sufficient protection against competition from the low-cost firms, high-cost firms also choose to set up in the larger market where they have access to a bigger pool of consumers. This leads to the following prediction: the relationship between economic integration and interregional productivity differences first increases and then decreases with market integration.Firm heterogeneity, Spatial selection, Trade liberalization
Le cahier de Musique sacreÌe du peÌre Amiot, un recueil de prieÌres chanteÌes en chinois duXVIIIe sieÌcle
International audienceComplete edition of Amiot's "Shengyue jing pu èæšç¶è", Beijing, 1779Le cahier de Musique sacrĂ©e Shengyue jing pu èæšç¶è transmis par Joseph Marie Amiot en 1779: prĂ©sentation, transcription sur portĂ©e et en notation ChevĂ© d'aprĂšs la notation gongche pu, traductions
Extension de l'aire de distribution connue de la Musaraigne fuligineuse, Sorex fumeus, dans le nord-est du Québec
La Musaraigne fuligineuse (Sorex fumeus) figure sur la liste des espĂšces de la faune vertĂ©brĂ©e susceptibles dâĂȘtre dĂ©signĂ©es menacĂ©es ou vulnĂ©rables au QuĂ©bec. Le 7 juin 1999, nous avons rĂ©coltĂ© un individu mort en bordure de la riviĂšre Saint-Nicolas, Ă Godbout, dans la rĂ©gion de la CĂŽte Nord. Cette observation constitue une extension de lâaire de rĂ©partition connue de lâespĂšce dâenviron 200 km vers le nord-est
Slow flows of yield stress fluids: complex spatio-temporal behaviour within a simple elasto-plastic model
A minimal athermal model for the flow of dense disordered materials is
proposed, based on two generic ingredients: local plastic events occuring above
a microscopic yield stress, and the non-local elastic release of the stress
these events induce in the material. A complex spatio-temporal rheological
behaviour results, with features in line with recent experimental observations.
At low shear rates, macroscopic flow actually originates from collective
correlated bursts of plastic events, taking place in dynamically generated
fragile zones. The related correlation length diverges algebraically at small
shear rates. In confined geometries bursts occur preferentially close to the
walls yielding an intermittent form of flow localization.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Liang Mingyue. Music of the Billion. An introduction to Chinese musical culture
Le principal reproche quâon fera Ă cet ouvrage nâest pas adressĂ© Ă lâauteur mais Ă lâĂ©diteur francophone qui, aprĂšs en avoir annoncĂ© la parution, a dĂ©cidĂ© de ne pas le publier. Ăcrit en anglais par un Chinois de TaĂŻwan installĂ© aux Ătats-Unis, il a Ă©tĂ© publiĂ© sous les auspices de lâInternational Institute for Comparative Music Studies de Berlin sous la direction du Hongrois Ivan Vandor, et le seul moyen fiable de lâobtenir est de le commander en Allemagne (Heinrichs-hoffenâs Verlag, Liebigstr..
De Brest Ă lâOural, et au-delĂ
Un des plus grands connaisseurs des musiques du monde, passerelle vivante entre folk, musiques dâailleurs, free jazz, ethnomusicologie et production musicale, Henri Lecomte est dĂ©cĂ©dĂ© brutalement le jour de la FĂȘte de la musique, Ă quatre-vingts ans. Ni explorateur, ni aventurier, ce Ti-zef (natif de LambĂ©zellec, il Ă©tait de Brest-mĂȘme) amoureux des voyages, qui avait fait dĂ©couvrir Nicolas Bouvier (Guyader 2008) Ă tant de citadins, aurait acceptĂ© volontiers dâĂȘtre qualifiĂ© dâethnomusicologue..
Robert Wuthnow, All in Sync. How Music and Art Are Revitalizing American Religion
L'auteur part du constat que les Ăglises amĂ©ricaines n'ont pas subi au cours des trois derniĂšres dĂ©cennies du xxe siĂšcle le dĂ©clin annoncĂ©. Il Ă©tablit, rĂ©fĂ©rences statistiques Ă l'appui, que la participation aux services (churchgoing) n'a pas diminuĂ©, puis il explique pourquoi (urbanisation, divorce, travail des femmes, dĂ©mĂ©nagements, niveau d'Ă©tudes) les observateurs s'attendaient Ă un dĂ©clin. Il rejette nĂ©anmoins ces explications tout autant que les tentatives d'expliquer la vitalitĂ© religi..
La Revue Musicale. TrĂ n Van KhĂȘ et le ViĂȘt Nam
Le grand mĂ©rite du musicien traditionnel du Vietnam TrĂ n Van KhĂȘ est dâavoir Ă©tĂ© reconnu par la communautĂ© musicologique française et internationale grĂące Ă une assimilation des rĂšgles de celle-ci et un parcours parfait dans le cursus honorum. Cela lui vaut Ă la fois dâentrer vivant dans le temple saint-sulpicien de La Revue Musicale et de subir le sort rĂ©servĂ© ici aux Anciens : la mise Ă la retraite. Celui qui a suivi plusieurs annĂ©es son activitĂ© protĂ©iforme ne peut que sâen dĂ©soler et y vo..
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