A new EU arrangement for the United Kingdom: European lessons from the February 19th agreement
By Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak Following the demand made by David Cameron on 10 November 2015 for a new arrangement for the United Kingdom […]
Unemployment: an ambiguous fall, but an unambiguous rise in long-term jobless
Analysis and Forecasting Department (France team) The unemployment figures for the month of January 2016 published by France’s Pôle Emploi job centre show a fall […]
Why can’t Greece get out of debt?
By Sébastien Villemot Between 2007 and 2015, Greece’s public debt rose from 103% to 179% [1] of its GDP (see chart below). The debt-to-GDP ratio […]
Is missing disinflation a uniquely American phenomenon?
By Paul Hubert, Mathilde Le Moigne Are the dynamics of inflation after the 2007-2009 crisis atypical? According to Paul Krugman, “If inflation had responded to […]
Measuring well-being and sustainability: A special issue of the Revue de l’OFCE
By Eloi Laurent This issue of the Revue de l’OFCE (no. 145, February 2016) presents some of the best works that are being produced at […]
The secular stagnation equilibrium
By Gilles Le Garrec et Vincent Touzé The economic state of slow growth and underemployment, coupled with low inflation or even deflation, has recently been […]
How do French people look at equality of opportunity?
By Michel Forsé (CNRS) and Maxime Parodi Do the French people believe in equal opportunity? The Dynegal survey asked the question in 2013 to a representative […]
2015: An eighth year of rising unemployment in France
Department of Analysis and Forecasting (France Team) Since June 2015, the number of job seekers at the end of the month (the number of “DEFM”, […]
Intergenerational inequality in four large EU countries: Does one model fit all?
Francesco Vona The extent to which social mobility differ across countries is subject of much debate in political and academic circles. The two poles of […]
The American dream (finally) proven?
By Maxime Parodi In a recently published short article, Thomas Hirsch and Mark Rank (2015) give us some astonishing figures about American society – numbers […]