Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag
Résumé : International audience
Purpose The objective of this article was to estimate the social cost of respiratory cancer cases attributable to occupational risk factors in France in 2010. Methods According to the attributable fraction method and based on available epidemiological data from the lit- erature, we estimated the number of respiratory cancer cases due to each identified risk factor. We used the cost- of-illness method with a prevalence-based approach. We took into account the direct and indirect costs. We estimated the cost of production losses due to morbidity (absenteeism and presenteeism) and mortality costs (years of production losses) in the market and nonmarket spheres. Results The social cost of lung, larynx, sinonasal and mesothelioma cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, chromium, diesel engine exhaust, paint, crystalline silica, wood and leather dust in France in 2010 were estimated at between 917 and 2,181 million euros. Between 795 and 2,011 million euros (87-92 %) of total costs were due to lung cancer alone. Asbestos was by far the risk factor representing the greatest cost to French society in 2010 at between 531 and 1,538 million euros (58-71 %), ahead of diesel engine exhaust, representing an estimated social cost of between 233 and 336 million euros, and crystalline silica (119-229 million euros). Indirect costs represented about 66 % of total costs. Conclusion Our assessment shows the magnitude of the economic impact of occupational respiratory cancers. It allows comparisons between countries and provides valu- able information for policy-makers responsible for defining public health priorities.
ISSN: 1618-7598

halshs-00922838
https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00922838
DOI : 10.1007/s10198-013-0528-6
PUBMED : 23974964

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : This paper studies the implications of fi…sh search activities on the working of …fisheries. We develop a simple …shery matching modelin which …rms’ stochastic search for …sh requires speci…fic resources.The equilibrium level of anthropic pressure (number of empty ves-sels/conserved …sh stock) exerted by …rms on the …sh stock is derivedfrom their individual pro…t maximizing behavior. Anthropic pressuredetermines in turn the rate at which vessels fi…nd fi…sh i.e. catchability,which is therefore endogenous in our model, and the stock conserva-tion (uncaught …sh) rate, through the dynamic equation of the latter.We then show that under open access, equilibrium anthropic pressure,…fishing effort and the conservation rate heavily depend on search costs.An empirical study of the French Guiana shrimp …shery con…rms theability of the model to reproduce empirical data.
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-01228851

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hal-01228851
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-01228851
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-01228851/document
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-01228851/file/Nicolas%20Sanz%20%26Bassirou%20Diop.pdf

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
Vulnerability–resilience indexes fail to grasp all dimensions of sustainability, whereas sustainable development has gained momentum. We fill this gap with a hierarchical multimetric composite index (Net Vulnerability Resilience Index: NVRI) whose robustness relies on a mathematical algorithm based on graph theory. A worldwide application shows that (i) both vulnerability and resilience are policy-responsive and that (ii) there is no determinism for a country to remain vulnerable or resilient. The NVRI enables us to identify a country’s strengths and weaknesses and determine the policy orientations that should be implemented to achieve sustainability.
World Development

hal-01291345
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01291345
DOI : 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.02.011