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 […]
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The labour market: is the unemployment rate a good indicator?
By Bruno Ducoudré and Pierre Madec Considering the euro zone on the one hand and the United States and the United Kingdom on the other, changes […]
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 […]
On the difficulty of carrying out structural reforms in a period of high unemployment
By Sabine Le Bayon, Mathieu Plane, Christine Rifflart and Raul Sampognaro Structural reforms aimed at developing a more flexible labour market are often attributed all the […]
What’s masked by the fall in US unemployment rates
By Christine Rifflart Despite the further decline in the US unemployment rate in December, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released last week confirms […]
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 […]