Bargaining structures, rent-seeking effect and endogenous growth.

Market power of workers on wages is bound to affect economic performances. This paper focuses on this issue and analyse the influence of bargaining structures on growth and labor market functioning. To achieve this, we construct an endogenous growth model where growth appears as the result of a learning-by-doing process whereas imperfect information in the labor market implies matching frictions in the hiring process. If investment occurs before wage bargaining, the growth process can be durably altered. In this case, a higher bargaining power of worker does not give a clear-cut effect on growth.Bargaining structures; Equilibrium Unemployment; Endogenous growth; Learning-by-doing.

The scarring effect of unemployment in ten European countries : an analysis based on the ECHP.

This paper investigates the effect of unemployment on earnings for ten European countries. Using an harmonised database (ECHP), we estimate the impact of declared unemployment on individuals while taking account of attrition and unobserved individual heterogeneity. We find that the unemployment effect differs by country and gender. The wage penalty is greater for men than for women. It is also higher in the more flexible economies. We suggest that labour market institutions such as unemployment benefits and wage-setting institutions may be avenues of investigation to explain these differences.Unemployment, Unobserved heterogeneity, post unemployment earnings.

Syndicalisation et croissance économique : y a-t-il une exception française ?

Cet article étudie les liens entre le taux de syndicalisation et la croissance économique dans plusieurs pays européens afin de répondre à l’interrogation suivante : le taux de syndicalisation influence-t-il la croissance économique ou la relation est-elle inverse ? Dans certains pays, nous n’observons aucun lien entre ces deux variables, mais dans d’autres (Suède, Allemagne) la croissance du PIB a une influence sur le taux de syndicalisation. La France fait ici figure d’exception : c’est le seul pays dans lequel le taux de syndicalisation influence la croissance économique, et ce, de manière positive.causalité, croissance économique, syndicalisation.

Are The State and The Family Unit Substitutable in The Financial Support of The Unemployed in Europe? A Comparison Based on The European Panel

The financial support of the unemployed falls to both the State and the family. The European panel data for the period 1995-2000 shows a difference between the countries of Northern Europe, where the State plays a preponderant role, and those of Southern Europe, where the contribution from the family compensates for a less generous State intervention. In the majority of the EU-10, State unemployment benefits appear to be greater when the financial support from the family is small, and are quite meagre when the family contribution is considerable. The family contribution does not fully compensate the disparities of State support observed between the countries: the standards of living of the unemployed remain highly contrasted and continue to reflect the disparities between the unemployment benefits systems.Unemployment Compensation, Well-Being, Family Structure

The French approach to flexicurity

International audienceThe European Union’s goals, stated at the Lisbon Summit in 2000 and reiterated in the context of the employment guidelines in 2003 and again in 2005 (CEC 2005), are to promote labour market flexibility while offering workers more security. Accordingly, the European Commission has called for the achievement of “the right balance between flexibility and security” so as to “support the competitiveness of firms, increase quality and productivity in work and facilitate the adaptation of firms and workers to economic change”

La flexicurité version française

Quelques statistiques permettent de mettre en perspective le thème de la fléxicurité. Mais il convient d’être très attentif aux démarches de type « copier- coller » en matière sociale

L’emploi des femmes face à la crise

National audienceEn Europe,les femmes ont été moins touchées par le chômage au début de la crise économique du fait de leur plus grande présence dans des services non marchands. Elles restent néanmoins moins bien payées que les hommes et plus concernées par les contrats précaires et la pauvreté. Elles semblent, en outre, plus exposées à l’avenir aux politiques budgétaires de réduction des dépenses publiques

Le vécu des chômeurs européens : de grandes disparités

National audienceLa situation des pays européens au regard du chômage est d’une grande diversité. Cette diversité concerne tant les performances du marché du travail que les niveaux d’indemnisation et de modes de vie des chômeurs

La flexicurité version française

Quelques statistiques permettent de mettre en perspective le thème de la fléxicurité. Mais il convient d’être très attentif aux démarches de type « copier- coller » en matière sociale