modern labour market literature NAIRU is defined as the rate of unemployment at which inflation stabilises in the absence of … any wage-price surprises. Conventional thinking about the equilibrium unemployment rate assumes that in the long run NAIRU … could lead to permanent shifts of equilibrium unemployment over time, implying that an unique long run NAIRU may not even …

, due to a sharp decline in the results of the most highly disadvantaged students. The unemployment rate for the 20-24 age … and youth employment services enhanced. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Review of France (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/France). …

nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace …. Despite long working hours, labour utilisation is only average due to structurally low employment rates, particularly at both … ends of the age spectrum, with some marked regional differences. The female employment rate is especially low, in part due …

Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in … enforced remains to be seen. For the time being, de facto employment protection is far less than de jure, with an enduring … wages, nor are they effectively enforced. During the recent slowdown, average wages adjusted rapidly and employment was soon …

empirically-proven to help regain employment; this will require systematic and rigorous evaluation of labour-market programmes and …

This paper analyses the age structure of employment rates across OECD countries with a focus on France. The statistical … contribution of each age group to total unemployment-rate differentials is also computed. An estimate of the sensitivity of age …-specific unemployment rates to the economic cycle is provided for OECD countries. France is one of the OECD countries having the highest …

spanning the period 1996 to 2004. The effects of changes in the minimum wage on unemployment, formal-sector employment and the … increase in employment: a rise in informal-sector employment more than compensates for job losses in the formal sector. This …

While employment growth has accelerated, allowing unemployment to fall significantly since 2005, many low …-skilled workers are still unemployed and the duration of unemployment spells is still long. The introduction of an in-work benefit for … workers in low-income households, subject to a minimum of hours worked, could lower barriers to higher employment which result …