La réforme du 17 janvier 2003 a unifié les dispositifs d'exonération de cotisations sociales entre les entreprises à 35 heures et celles à 39 heures tout en réalisant sur une période de trois ans, de 2003 à 2005, la convergence entre le Smic horaire et les différentes garanties...

To evaluate the inequality effects of 35 hours, we use a very general labour demand framework taking into account various skills and the impact of the work duration on wages, productivity and labour organization. Numerical simulations include several constituents of devices Aubry and consider...

Economic activity accelerated in the United States, in the second part of the cycle, after 1995, within an environment of decreasing inflation. France has followed a qualitatively similar path since 1997, also clearly suggesting the effects of a positive supply shock. The spread of new...