and youth employment services enhanced. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Review of France (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/France). …

nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace …. Despite long working hours, labour utilisation is only average due to structurally low employment rates, particularly at both … ends of the age spectrum, with some marked regional differences. The female employment rate is especially low, in part due …

Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in … enforced remains to be seen. For the time being, de facto employment protection is far less than de jure, with an enduring … wages, nor are they effectively enforced. During the recent slowdown, average wages adjusted rapidly and employment was soon …

systems could raise employment rates by several percentage points in a number of OECD countries over a 10-year horizon. Large …

and/or duration of unemployment benefits, cut labour tax wedges and relax employment protection legislation. Past reforms …

Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of … disorders. By contrast, non-employment and retirement are generally worse for mental health than employment, and overemployment … has a negative effect on health. These findings stress the importance of employment and of adequate working conditions for …

declining. Manufacturing has not brought much new employment, and most of the recent rise in manufacturing employment has been …

empirically-proven to help regain employment; this will require systematic and rigorous evaluation of labour-market programmes and …

and that a tertiary qualification improves an individual’s prospects of employment. While the premium for matric and …