France: duty-free growth
By Bruno Ducoudré , Éric Heyer, Hervé Péléraux, Mathieu Plane This post summarizes the 2014-2015 outlook for the French economy In early 2011, France was one […]
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Reforming unemployment insurance in France today: not a good idea according to OECD indicators
By Eric Heyer Six months following the signing of a national industry-wide agreement on unemployment benefits between the social partners, with new rules that normally […]
The “Ricardian effect”: to be taken with caution!
By David Ben Dahan and Eric Heyer Is the deterioration in the public finances influencing households’ consumption behaviour? A recent INSEE study tries to answer […]
What is a weaker euro likely to mean for the French economy?
By Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer Faced with the rising risk of deflation in the euro zone, which has been reinforced since mid-2012 by the continued […]
Should we be celebrating the fall in unemployment at end 2013?
By Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer Every quarter, the INSEE publishes the unemployment rate as defined by the International Labour Office (ILO): for the fourth […]
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 […]
France: less austerity, more growth
By Eric Heyer This text summarizes the OFCE’s 2013-2014 forecast for the French economy. In 2013, the French economy should experience annual average growth of […]
A fiscal policy to promote structural reform – lessons from the German case
By Eric Heyer “France should copy Germany’s reforms to thrive”, Gerhard Schröder entitled an opinion piece in the Financial Times on 5 June 2013. As […]
What factors have put the brakes on growth since 2010?
By Eric Heyer and Hervé Péléraux At the end of 2012, five years after the start of the crisis, France’s GDP has still not returned […]
France’s Stability Programme: the missing line
By Eric Heyer On April 17, the government presented its Stability Programme for 2013-2017 for the French economy. For the next two years (2013-2014), the government […]