We present a model of female participation in the labor force, which deals with part time work and the minimum wage. The model is estimated on the French employment survey of 1997. We use it to compare various incentive schemes to work, such as the 'allocation compensatoire de revenu', the...

The microsimulation model Destinie developed at INSEE projects the evolution of a representative sample of the French population up to 2040. It thus proves very useful to assess the effect of pension schemes reforms in the private sector on participation behaviour and financial balances. The...

Participation is a savings from salaries device which aims at sharing firms benefits with workers. To do so, firms have to pay to their employees an amount whose computation depends on fiscal benefits and is based on a legal formula. As this device should be reformed, the authority in charge of...