Using several unique data sets on wage agreements at both the firm- and the industry-levels in France, we examine the impact of typical European wage-setting institutions on the form and the degree of wage rigidity. We highlight different stylized facts concerning wage stickiness. First, in...

Retirement pensions are directly linked to the insured person’s career: the duration and total of the salary subject to contributions. To summarise the heterogeneity of careers within the private sector into a restricted number of set profiles is therefore a «lightweight» futurology tool for...