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...

Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the 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...

Souvent avancées parmi les causes expliquant le maintien d'un taux de chômageélevé en France, les cotisations sociales ont fait l'objet de plusieurs allégements,principalement en direction des bas salaires. L'impact de ces mesures, quiconstituent désormais le principal instrument utilisé...

Analyse des principaux obstacles à la création d'emploi, en particulier des barrières à l'entrée et des barrières réglementaires.

Cette étude porte sur les trajectoires de retour à l'emploi des chômeurs, en exploitant l'enquête "Sortants de l'ANPE". L'objectif est d'identifier statistiquement certains parcours, notamment ceux débouchant sur une mobilité professionnelle descendante. On s'attachera plus spécifiquement...

L'étude est centrée sur les caractéristiques des emplois retrouvés à la sortie du chômage en 2007 (avant la crise) et 2009 (pendant la crise). Afin de tester la qualité des emplois acceptés par les anciens chômeurs, nous avons construit un indicateur synthétique qui prend en compte à...

The Indonesian labour market is characterised by widespread informality. To some extent, these outcomes can be attributed to a sharp increase in the real value of the minimum wage since 2001, when minimum-wage setting was decentralised to the provincial governments. To test this hypothesis, this...

The deep recession has led to a marked deterioration in labour market conditions in the OECD area. This paper, which draws heavily on other ongoing analytical work at the OECD, takes stock of recent labour market developments, highlights some of the key uncertainties in the early stages of the...

Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Over 200 million people have been drawn into urban areas through official or unofficial migration, despite...

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...