challenges this proposition. He shows in a rigorous manner that employment subsidies can indeed lead to lower unemployment and … higher productivity growth in a standard economic model. This finding is particularly timely given the announcement by the …

productivity slowdown seems to have stimulated employment, especially in the tertiary sector. Several papers deal with this subject … productivity slow-down in France using quarterly microeconomic data. We estimate an employment equation, paying special attention …At the beginning of the nineties labor productivity in France slowed down strongly. Yearly labor productivity (per …

/or employment rates of several categories of the population of working age in order to calculate 'structural' hourly productivity … hours worked and employment rates being at lower levels, and also to lower 'structural' hourly productivity. …Hourly labour productivity levels in a number of European countries are thought to be very close to, or possibly even …