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 […]
Employment
2015: An eighth year of rising unemployment in France
Department of Analysis and Forecasting (France Team) Since June 2015, the number of job seekers at the end of the month (the number of “DEFM”, […]
A standard contract for France: a potluck approach?
By Jacques Barthélémy and Gilbert Cette The debate over a single standard contract [contrat unique] generally arises in relation to the duality of the labour […]
The labour market on the road to recovery
By Bruno Ducoudré A look at the figures just published by France’s Pôle Emploi job centre for the month of September 2015 shows that the […]
The upward drift in senior unemployment continued in August
Analysis and Forecasting Department (France team) The figures for the month of August 2015 published by France’s Pôle Emploi job centre show a significant increase […]
Still no halt to the rise in unemployment
OFCE Analysis and Forecasting Department The unemployment data for the month of May once again show a rise in the number of job seekers registering […]
Devaluation through wages in the euro zone: a lose-lose adjustment
by Sabine Le Bayon, Mathieu Plane, Christine Rifflart and Raul Sampognaro Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 and the sovereign debt crisis in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Part-time work
By Françoise Milewski Part-time work as a share of total employment has increased significantly. This increase was limited in the 1970s and then accelerated in […]