France: will the war of the 3% take place?
By Eric Heyer This text summarizes the OFCE’s October 2012 forecasts for the French economy. The French economy is expected to see average annual growth […]
Employment
The debacle of austerity
By Xavier Timbeau This text summarizes the OFCE’s October 2012 forecasts. The year 2012 is ending, with hopes for an end to the crisis disappointed. […]
France-Germany: The big demographic gap
By Gérard Cornilleau The divergence in the demographic trajectories of Germany and France will have a major impact on social spending, labour markets, productive capacity […]
The situation on the labour market in France*
By Eric Heyer The French economy is facing a number of imbalances, with the two main ones being: – a public deficit that at end […]
Youth “jobs of the future”: What impact on employment and government finances?
Éric Heyer and Mathieu Plane The bill aimed at creating 150,000 “jobs for the future” [emplois d’avenir] for unemployed youth will be submitted to Parliament […]
Women’s Day
On the occasion of 8 March, we would like to remind our readers that, together with Sciences-Po, the OFCE has developed the specialist Research Programme […]
Competitiveness at the expense of equality?
By Hélène Périvier Working time has made its appearance in the presidential campaign, and the idea that people work less in France than elsewhere is […]
“Buy French”: From the slogan to the reality
By Jean-Luc Gaffard, Sarah Guillou, Lionel Nesta The current election campaign is lending weight to simplistic proposals like the slogan “buy French”, which evokes the […]
What employment policy during a crisis?
By Marion Cochard After a lull of only a year, unemployment figures started to rise again in April 2011. We are seeing a replay of […]
“Social VAT”: Is it anti-social?
by Jacques Le Cacheux The prospect of a “social” value added tax, which was raised anew by the President of France on December 31 during […]