Has the 35-hour work week really “weighed down” the French economy?
By Eric Heyer Did the Aubry laws introducing the 35-hour work week in France between 1998 and 2002 really make French business less competitive and […]
Employment
Never on Sunday?*
By Xavier Timbeau * Note from the editor: This text was initially published on 10 June 2008 on the OFCE site under the heading “Clair […]
What kind of pension reform for 2013?
In a speech on 28 March, Francois Hollande raised the 20 billion euro deficit forecast for 2020 in order to announce a further extension of […]
France: the rise in cyclical unemployment continues
By Bruno Ducoudré The Great Recession, which began in 2008, has resulted in a continuous and inexorable rise in unemployment in France, by 3.1 percentage […]
Holding to the required course
By Eric Heyer This text summarizes the OFCE’s 2013-2014 forecasts for the French economy. In 2013, the French economy should see negative annual average growth, with […]
How to reform the reduction on payroll taxes?
By Mathieu Bunel, Céline Emond, Yannick L’Horty More than 20 billion euros are spent every year by the State to compensate the general exemptions from […]
France, Germany: The nonworking poor
By Guillaume Allègre “The ways of thinking society, managing it and quantifying it are indissolubly linked” Alain Desrosières, 1940-2013 The subject of working poverty emerged […]
Why France is right to abandon the 3% public déficit target by 2013
By Mathieu Plane Given the statements by the Minister of Economy and Finance, the government seems to have reached a decision to abandon the goal […]
Should spending on unemployment benefits be cut?
By Gérard Cornilleau The Cour des comptes [Court of Auditors] has presented a report on the labour market which proposes that policy should be better […]
Higher unemployment in France, greater poverty in Germany
By Eric Heyer Will France be the new Greece, as The Economist has argued? Should French reforms be accelerated and be modelled on those implemented […]