This paper examines the set of interdependences between the formation of wages, prices and the minimum wage (SMIC) through a vectorial error correction model estimated on French quarterly macroeconomic data covering the 1970-1/1999-4 period. Two periods are distinguished: the period of inflation...

To account for employment evolutions at the macro-economic level, we propose a modelling where employment is explained by added value, working time and real labour cost. Estimations using quarterly French macro-economic data are carried out in a multivariate framework for three sets of sectors....

Unemployment in France rose steadily from the early-seventies to the mid-eighties. Since the mid-eighties it has continued to experience fluctuations around a very high average level. Equilibrium unemployment theories are a useful framework within which to account for these developments. A...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the employment effect of wage tax cuts in the four French departements d?outre mer (Guadeloupe, Guyana, La Réunion, Martinique). We are using an ad hoc theoretical model calibrated on administrative data sources. Our model distinguishes several skill levels...

We measure hiring discrimination based on gender and the applicant?s mobility, as indicated in his/her resume (car and motorcycle driving licenses mentioned or not in the CV). A correspondence testing was performed to examine access to job interviews of young management accountants living in...

Randomized evaluation of public policies began to be applied to major social programs in France since 2007, more than forty years after the first similar work in the United States. They have been experiencing rapid development. These experimental methods are to evaluate the effects of a policy...

In each economy there is employment favourable to biodiversity, which we call bio-jobs. These jobs are located in a small number of branches linked to or controlling natural resources: green core activities, quarrying, public works, water and waste management, etc. We are interested in the...

Lorsqu'ils tentent d'étudier les effets des TIC sur le niveau de l'emploi, autour du paradoxe de la productivité, ou sur la structure des emplois, avec les determinants du biais technologique, les économistes se heurtent peut-être à la même difficulté. Dans les deux cas en effet, il...

Nous avons construit une base de données recensant l'ensemble des actions subventionnées par la région Ile-de-France dans le domaine de la lutte contre les discriminations et pour l'égalité des sexes entre janvier 2008 et mars 2012. En retenant une définition large de la lutte contre les...

Cette étude mesure et compare, toutes choses étant égales par ailleurs, les rendements sur l'accès à l'emploi de deux diplômes de la voie professionnelle : le Certificat d'Aptitude professionnelle (CAP) et le baccalauréat professionnel. L'évaluation est réalisée sur des données...