We use microdata to examine the existence of downward wage rigidity in France, during the second half of the 90s. We use three annual datasets : a sample of the Déclarations Annuelles de Données Sociales, the Fiscal Income Survey and the Labour Force Survey. The first two sources, compiled on...

The long-term equilibrium unemployment rate has returned to the center of the economic debate in France. It derives from two macroeconomic equations. Wages are the result of wage bargaining on the labor market (wage-setting equation) and firms set the corresponding level of employment...

This thesis organized in three chapters analyzes the disintegration of the pharmaceutical production activity from the perspective of Industrial Relations. To do so, we use successively an empirical approach, a qualitative approach and a comparative approach. The first chapter provides an...

While Canada's economic record over the past decade or so is enviable, GDP per capita remains distinctly below US levels, reflecting a sizeable productivity gap. Among the impediments to faster growth are the taxation of capital and restrictive regulations in certain sectors. Canada's experience...

L’Union européenne (UE) se prépare à un sixième élargissement. Seuls pays à avoir le statut de pays candidat, la Croatie, l’ancienne République yougoslave de Macédoine (ARYM) et la Turquie sont toutes trois des économies fragiles et dont le produit intérieur brut (PIB) par habitant...