Major European countries, unlike the United States, did not experience an acceleration in labour productivity growth in … the second half of the 1990s. In this article, Gilbert Cette from the Bank of France and the University of Aix … accounting of the impact of diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on economic growth in France over the …

Based on interviews with officers and workers in four banks and four insurance companies in each country. …

analyses the experience of three banks and two insurance companies. …

- examines trends in occupational change, and the impact of microelectronics information technology in insurance, accounting … work, job content an skills; outlines the role of trade unions in employment security, labour productivity and wage rates …

This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …

ILO pub. Working paper on the effects of multinational enterprise on employment, illustrated by a case study of France … and the role of France in the international division of labour - examines activities of foreign and French subsidiaries of … multinationals, their employment creation, labour force, wages, labour productivity, profitability, geographic distribution, etc …

paper measures the extent to which risk management tools, especially direct payments and crop insurance, can significantly … reduce crop income volatility in France and in Italy. We use an original dataset of 9,555 farms for the period 2003 … management tools (CAP payments and crop insurance) so as to improve their income and to reduce its volatility (crop insurance …

The 2012 Article IV Consultation with France discusses the financial and economic conditions of the country. Although … France weathered the 2008 financial and subsequent euro area crises relatively well compared with other advanced countries …, its recovery has been sluggish. France has become a less open economy and reported a steady loss of export market share …