Where does the European Union stand?
By Robert Boyer, Director of Studies at EHESS and the Institut des Amériques Speech at the “European Political Economy and European Democracy” seminar on June […]
Social welfare
The minimum wage: from labour costs to living standards. Comparing France, Germany and the UK
By Odile Chagny, IRES, Sabine Le Bayon, Catherine Mathieu, Henri Sterdyniak, OFCE Most developed countries now have a minimum wage, including 22 of the 28 EU countries. […]
France’s RSA income support: 35% lack of take-up?
By Guillaume Allègre, @g_allegre The lack of take-up of France’s RSA income supplement benefit is often invoked as an argument for reforming the system for […]
European unemployment insurance
By Léo Aparisi de Lannoy and Xavier Ragot The return of growth cannot eradicate the memory of how the crisis was mismanaged at the European […]
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 […]
Do we need a universal basic income? The state of the debate
By Guillaume Allègre and Henri Sterdyniak In a situation of continuing high levels of unemployment and poverty, heightening job insecurity, and fear about job losses […]
The national living wage: a new means to boost low wages in the United Kingdom
By Catherine Mathieu On 1 April 2016, a national living wage (NLW) took effect in the United Kingdom. This may come as a surprise to […]
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 […]
What is a Left economics? (Or, why economists disagree)
By Guillaume Allègre What is a Left economics? In an opinion column published in the newspaper Libération on 9 June 2015 (“la concurrence peut servir […]
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 […]