Labour markets in the Nordic countries are seen as combining low unemployment with a high level of worker protection. Although based on a common base of principles, the reality is more complex and less homogeneous between countries.... Lire la suite
French agriculture is constantly responding to external changes in world prices, food preferences, or supportive policies. The Magali 2.0 model makes it possible to estimate the contribution of these shocks to the medium-term evolution of farmers' production and incomes.... Lire la suite
GDP per capita is calculated from the hourly productivity of labour and the average per capita volume of labour input. In its turn, the latter depends on the number of hours worked per year by persons in employment, the level of unemployment and the participation rate, which inter alia reflects the length of economically active life, between the ages of entry to and exit from the labour market.... Lire la suite
Since the 2000s, hires on very short-term fixed-term contracts (less than one month) have increased sharply and the median duration of fixed-term contracts has contracted.... Lire la suite
The global economy showed strong growth again in 2018, with world GDP up 3.7%. However, a slowdown is expected in 2019 and 2020 (world GDP growth seen at 3.4% p.a.), especially in advanced economies.... Lire la suite
Most major advanced economies have a minimum wage. In Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, there is a single national minimum wage, as in France.... Lire la suite
Investment in education provides substantial long-term gains for individuals, the economy and society as a whole. However, not all government intervention in this area is equally efficient in terms of meeting the goal of educating and training citizens who are able to make a living from their work.... Lire la suite
Analysis of how the value added is shared between production factors provides insight into trends in inequalities and private consumption. The division reflects both relative changes in the volumes of capital and labour, and the relative trends in compensation per unit of capital and labour. "Distributable surplus" is a helpful concept for studying the division of value added; it is the share of r... Lire la suite
The business cycle has a significant effect on inflation, known as the Phillips effect: growth 1 point higher than its potential in a given year increases next-year inflation by 0.3 point. The correlation between inflation and the economy's position in the business cycle weakened in the 1970s and 1980s, but does not appear to have declined further in the past 15 years.In the past few years, French... Lire la suite
In most sectors, market concentration in the United States has been on the rise for the past two decades. Major companies have a larger market share than before, fuelling a renewed antitrust debate.This increase may be attributed to several phenomena, but it is difficult to disentangle their respective contributions. Reallocating production to highly productive and profitable companies (the so-cal... Lire la suite