Cet article etudie l'impact du pouvoir de marche des entreprises sur le taux de chomage d'equilibre. La premiere partie expose les fondements microeconomiques du pouvoir de marche des entreprises, dans une perspective a la fois empirique et theorique. La deuxieme partie montre que les modeles...

We explore the consequences of public employment for labour market performance. Theory suggests that public employment may not only crowd out private employment, but also increase overall unemployment if, by offering attractive working conditions, it draws additional individuals into the labour...

In a cross-section of countries, government regulation is strongly negatively correlated with social capital. We document this correlation, and present a model explaining it. In the model, distrust creates public demand for regulation, while regulation in turn discourages social capital...

YannAlgan, Pierre Cahuc, Bruno Decreuse, François Fontaine, Solenne Tanguy Epargne de précaution, réseaux sociaux et assurance chômage publique. Cet article analyse les conséquences des systèmes publics d'assurance chômage lorsque les ménages peuvent disposer de méthodes alternatives...

We argue civic virtue plays a key role in explaining the design of public insurance against unemployment risks by solving moral hazard issues which hinder the efficiency of unemployment insurance. We show, in a simple model, that economies with stronger civic virtues are more prone to provide...