How to reform the reduction on payroll taxes?
By Mathieu Bunel, Céline Emond, Yannick L’Horty More than 20 billion euros are spent every year by the State to compensate the general exemptions from […]
Social welfare
The taxation of family benefits – is this the right debate?
By Hélène Périvier and François de Singly Debate on the taxation of the family allowance has begun once again. Faced with a deficit in the […]
Should family benefits be cut? Should they be taxed?
By Henri Sterdyniak The government has set a target of balancing the public accounts by 2017, which would require cutting public spending by about 60 […]
Should spending on unemployment benefits be cut?
By Gérard Cornilleau The Cour des comptes [Court of Auditors] has presented a report on the labour market which proposes that policy should be better […]
Should households pay for a competitiveness shock?
By Henri Sterdyniak France is suffering from an industrial problem. Its current account balance went from a surplus of 2.6% of GDP in 1997 to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is government expenditure in France too high?
By Xavier Timbeau Since 2005, France has vied with Denmark for first place in terms of government expenditure as reported by the OECD. Since the […]