The French labor market is divided between workers in permanent jobs and those who alternate fixed-term contracts with unemployment spells. Among other public policies aiming at reducing this duality, financial incentives could induce employers to lengthen contract duration or favor permanent...

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of demographic factors on pension systems and to consider the role that a reserve fund can play in the context of the adjustments needed to balance the accounts of the pension schemes. The study does not deal with the question of the...

[fre] L'enquête trimestrielle sur les investissements dans l'industrie de l'Insee est une source d'information très importante sur les évolutions conjoncturelles de l'investissement productif. Toutefois, la nature annuelle des questions posées rend difficile son utilisation pour des...

Insee's quarterly survey of investment in industry is a prime source of information concerning short-term evolutions in productive investment, making it possible to estimate these evolutions at an early stage and with considerable precision. However, the annual nature of the questions posed...

In this work, we analyze the effect of export destinations on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of manufacturing Uruguayan firms for the period 1997-2006. We study two effects: self-selection and learning by exporting. There is evidence of self-selection with a stronger effect for firms exporting...