The participation rate and working hours: Differentiated impacts on the unemployment rate
By Bruno Ducoudré and Pierre Madec In the course of the crisis, most European countries reduced actual working hours to a greater or lesser extent […]
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Labour force participation rates and working time: differentiated adjustments
By Bruno Ducoudré and Pierre Madec In the course of the crisis, most European countries reduced actual working time to a greater or lesser extent […]
Beyond the unemployment rate. An international comparison since the crisis
By Bruno Ducoudré and Pierre Madec According to figures from the French statistics institute (INSEE) published on 12 May 2017, non-agricultural commercial employment in France increased […]
Universal basic income: An ambition to be financed
By Pierre Madec and Xavier Timbeau This evaluation of Universal Basic Income (UBI), the flagship proposal of French presidential candidate Benoît Hamon, highlights a potentially […]
2015-2017 forecasts for the French economy
By Mathieu Plane, Bruno Ducoudré, Pierre Madec, Hervé Péléraux and Raul Sampognaro This text summarizes the OFCE’s economic forecast for the French economy for 2015-2017 After a […]
Rental housing: the CAE wants to change the ALUR …
By Pierre Madec and Henri Sterdyniak On October 24th, the French Economic Analysis Council (the CAE) published a paper proposing a new policy on rental […]
Rent control: will the ALUR law be sufficient?
By Sabine Le Bayon, Pierre Madec and Christine Rifflart On 10 September 2013, Parliament began discussing the bill on “Access to housing and urban renovation […]
Livret A accounts – drowning in criticism
By Pierre Madec As the Governor of the Bank of France and the Minister of the Economy and Finance announced a further (probable) reduction in […]
Zero interest loans: only for the rich?
By Pierre Madec On 1 January 2013, a new version of the zero-interest loan (prêt à taux zéro – PTZ) came into force. It is […]
Rent control: What is the expected impact?
Sabine Le Bayon, Pierre Madec and Christine Rifflart The decree on rent control, which was published in the Journal officiel on 21 July, takes effect […]