Labor Force Surveys (LFS), which were conducted bythe French National Institute for Statistics and Economics Studies between 1982and 2002, are used to study changes in self-employment in France.First,French legislation concerning self-employment, especially subsidies encouragingentrepreneurial...

Industrial relations are widely regulated by law in France, while the British system is essentially voluntaristic. More broadly, the structures, strategies and ideologies of social actors in the two countries differ profoundly. Comparative statistical analysis, based on two similar workplace...