The 2013 pension reform: the implicit contribution of pensioners’ purchasing power
By Stéphane Hamayon and Florence Legros Less than three years after the official retirement age in France was raised in 2010-2011, a new pension reform […]
Social welfare
A minimum wage in Germany: a small step for Europe, a big one for Germany
By Odile Chagny (Ires) and Sabine Le Bayon After several months of parliamentary debate, a minimum wage will be phased in between 2015 and 2017 […]
How can a basic income be defended?
By Guillaume Allègre Following the submission of 125,000 signatures collected by organizations supporting the introduction of a basic income, Swiss citizens will vote in a […]
France-Germany: is there a demographic dividend?
By Vincent Touzé Thanks to a high birth rate, France is aging less quickly than Germany. According to Eurostat, the French population is expected to […]
2013 pensions: a (little) reform…
By Henri Sterdyniak The measures announced by the government on August 27th do not constitute a major reform of the pension system. As shown in […]
Pensions: the Moreau report’s poor compromise
By Henri Sterdyniak Under pressure from the financial markets and Europe’s institutions, the government felt obliged to present a new pension reform in 2013. However, […]
Reforming the conjugal quotient
By Guillaume Allègre and Hélène Périvier As part of a review of family benefit programmes (the motivations for which are in any case debatable), the […]
Housing and the city: the new challenges
By Sabine Le Bayon, Sandrine Levasseur and Christine Rifflart The residential real estate market is a market like no other. Since access to housing is […]
What kind of pension reform for 2013?
In a speech on 28 March, Francois Hollande raised the 20 billion euro deficit forecast for 2020 in order to announce a further extension of […]
Family benefits: family business?
By Hélène Périvier Bertrand Fragonard has submitted his report to the Prime Minister; it aims, first, to enhance the redistributive nature of family policy and, […]