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 […]
20 billion euros in reductions on employer payroll taxes on low-wages. But will it create jobs?
By Eric Heyer and Mathieu Plane Every year the State spends nearly 1 percentage point of GDP, i.e. 20 billion euros, on general reductions in […]
The death throes of the “Confederation of Europe”?
By Jacques Le Cacheux Will the institutions that the European Union has developed – from the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992, which created it and defined […]
In honour of Robert Castel
Hélène Périvier, Bruno Palier, Bernard Gazier It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Robert Castel. He left his mark […]
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 […]
An hommage to Alain Desrosières, statistician, sociologist, historian and philosopher of statistics
By Françoise Milewski and Henri Sterdyniak Alain Desrosières has passed away, at the age of 72. An administrator at the INSEE, he had been editor […]
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 […]
The taxation of family benefits – is this the right debate?
By Hélène Périvier and François de Singly Debate on the taxation of the family allowance has begun once again. Faced with a deficit in the […]
And what if Italy’s elections turned out to be an opportunity for Europe ?
By Franscesco Saraceno The whole of Europe is currently fretting about the election results in Italy. The Centre-Left coalition won a narrow majority – because […]
The law on the separation of banking activities: political symbol or new economic paradigm?
By Céline Antonin and Vincent Touzé Imprudence, moral hazard and systemic gridlock were key words for the banking crisis. Governments that were unhappy to have […]