A fall in the unemployment rate according to the ILO: the false good news
By Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer Two days following the announcement by France’s unemployment agency Pôle Emploi of an increase in Class A job seeker registrations […]
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Unemployment figures: the chill returns in April
By Analysis and Forecasting Department (OFCE-DAP) While the slowing increase in the number of job seekers registered with France’s Pôle Emploi unemployment agency in the […]
The spirit of the letter of the law … to avoid a “Graccident”
Raul Sampognaro and Xavier Timbeau The noose, in the words of Alexis Tsipras, is getting tighter and tighter around the Greek government. The last tranche […]
On the search to “recapture the industrial spirit of capitalism”: From patient shareholders to shared governance
By Jean-Luc Gaffard and Maurizio Iacopetta The government, buoyed by the law to recapture the real economy, the Florange act, which establishes the possibility of double […]
Equality at risk from simplification
By Françoise Milewski and Hélène Périvier Legislating to promote equality The laws on equality in pay and in the workplace have come a long way since […]
Oil: carbon for growth
By Céline Antonin, Bruno Ducoudré, Hervé Péléraux, Christine Rifflart, Aurélien Saussay This text is based on the special study of the same name [Pétrole : du carbone […]
Greece on a tightrope
By Céline Antonin, Raul Sampognaro, Xavier Timbeau and Sébastien Villemot This text summarizes the special study, “Greece on a tightrope” Since early 2015, Greece’s new government has […]
The planetary alignment has not always been favourable to the euro zone countries
By Eric Heyer and Raul Sampognaro In 2015, the euro zone economies will benefit from a favourable “planetary alignment” (with the euro and oil prices down […]
The British elections: border questions (2/2)
By Catherine Mathieu David Cameron has put the economy at the forefront of his electoral campaign, making the British economy’s good performance a trump card […]
The United Kingdom on the eve of elections: The economy, David Cameron’s trump card (1/2)
By Catherine Mathieu In the countdown to the general elections on 7 May 2015, there is so much suspense that the bookmakers are putting the […]