This paper analyzes the macroeconomic consequences of the establishment of a monetary union in the presence of unionized labor markets. It is shown that the effects of the formation of a monetary union depend on several labor market festures, such as the degree of centralization of wage...

Reflechir sur les categories comparees d'analyse des marches du travail et des politiques sociales amene inevitablement a se situer dans le registre de l'opposition classique entre une posture universaliste et une posture relativiste. La construction necessaire de la comparabilite des objets est...

We describe and analyse the changes in the occupational structure of french manufacturing firms between 1984 and 1985. We develop and test a labor demand model that shows the role played by technological change.

In this paper, we consider the impact of displacement (defined as separation from a stable job due to firm closure) in on workers in France. We find that a large share of displaced workers find new jobs without experiencing any interruption in their employment histories, and that falling into...