[eng] The case for reform of the social security financing in France Henri Sterdyniak and Pierre Villa In order to reduce the social contributions paid by labour income and to favour employment without reducing the level of social benefits, France needs a reform of social security financing. All...

[eng] Microeconomic foundations of working time and reduction policies. Simon Cueva, Eric Heyer, Dominique Taddéi. For most economists decline in the real working time should increase employment. They are nonetheless divided on the most appropriate means leading to an effective reduction, and...

[fre] Les prévisions occupent une place particulière dans le débat public en économie. Elles sont généralement considérées comme des prédictions, qualifiées fréquemment optimistes ou de pessimistes, comme si elles dépendaient de humeur des équipes qui les réalisent. Certes, en un...

[fre] Alors que nombre de pays européens sont confrontés à un chômage croissant et persistant, le Royaume-Uni enregistre depuis 1994 un repli marqué de son taux de chômage (6,4% au début de 1998 après 10,5% cinq ans plus tôt). Selon les autorités, cette performance serait liée à la...

[eng] The transatlantic swing forecast for 1998-99. Division économie internationale. The European growth improved 1997 (2,6% after 1,7% in 1996), while the American domestic demand remained bullish. In 1998 growth might swing in favour of the European countries. However, several elements are...

[eng] Hours of work and labour market performance in OECD countries Olivier Passet This study compares three different methods for measuring weekly hours of work among 21 OECD countries. More often, the results are closed and allow, by cross-checking, a synthetic ranking. The comparisons of the...

[eng] A multivariate econometric analysis of household behavior Francoise Charpin The purpose of this study is to modelize the household behavior des-cribed with four variables : consumption, housing investment, net flows of consumption credits and net flows of home mortgages. The...

[eng] The second university boom the diffusion of education the social structure and the value of diplomas. Louis Chauvel. In France, the forty last years were characterised by two successive University booms. A first wave of expansion marked the sixties and benefited to the cohorts born during...

[eng] In the financial turmoil Forecast for 1998-1999 for the world economy Division Economie Internationale As suggested in our spring forecasts, the US and the UK are facing a slowdown ; the Japanese economy is in recession ; European growth is boosted by internal demand. But the financial...

[fre] Au cours de ces dernières années, les débats autour du partage de la valeur ajoutée se sont souvent appuyés sur la comparaison des expériences française et américaine. Ces comparaisons ont été conduites partir d'angles attaque très différents. Certains travaux se sont centrés...