Does inequality hurt economic performance?
By Francesco Saraceno Economic theory has long neglected the effects of income distribution on the performance of the economy. Students were taught right from Introduction […]
Social inequality
Obama 2012: “Yes, we care!”
By Frédéric Gannon (Université du Havre) and Vincent Touzé On Thursday, 28 June 2012, the United States Supreme Court delivered its verdict. The principle that individuals […]
Financing higher education: Should students have to pay?
By Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau Is it necessary to ensure that a greater portion of the cost of higher education is borne by students […]
A boost for the minimum wage or for income support?
By Guillaume Allègre The government has made a commitment to an exceptional, “reasonable” boost to the French minimum wage, the “SMIC”, and to indexation based […]
The middle class: baseless fears or genuine hardship?
By Louis Chauvel The term “middle class” is one of those social science concepts that provoke controversy due to its complex definition and dynamics and […]
Towards a major tax reform?
By Guillaume Allègre and Mathieu Plane (eds.) Taxation is more at the heart of the current election campaign and public debate than ever before. The […]
On the taxation of household income and capital
By Henri Sterdyniak The idea is very widespread that in France unearned income benefits from an especially low level of taxation and that the French system could be made fairer by simply raising […]
Women’s Day
On the occasion of 8 March, we would like to remind our readers that, together with Sciences-Po, the OFCE has developed the specialist Research Programme […]
Competitiveness at the expense of equality?
By Hélène Périvier Working time has made its appearance in the presidential campaign, and the idea that people work less in France than elsewhere is […]