This paper aims at a better understanding of the factors responsible for the increasing dualisation of the labour market, especially the effect of biased technological progress that may reduce, ceteris paribus, the demand for low skilled workers. The theoretical model extends the usual NAIRU analysis to the case with two types of labour (skilled and unskilled). The focus is on situations with permanent excess supply on the unskilled labour market; on the skilled labour market, firms may be constrained by labour supply shortages. One examines in this setup the consequences of biased technological change, of social security contributions and minimum wage regulations. Econometric results obtained on French data (1962- 1989) suggest that a susb...
Effect of the New French “ Active Solidarity Income” (RSA) Benefit on Labour Market Equilibrium. Th...
The market position of less educated workers is weak and deteriorating, both in the US and in Europe...
From the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s, a number of OECD countries, particularly the US and th...
Lower hours of work, professionnal qualifications and unemployment. This paper analyses the conseq...
In France, the proportion of unskilled non‑manual jobs is higher today than forty years ago, especia...
The twin shocks of technological progress and economic globalisation particularly hit non-skilled wo...
The decline in demand for unskilled labor. An empirical analysis method and its application to franc...
Taxes, Social Security Contributions, Skills and Employment: A Study Using the "Julien" Computable G...
When the increases of the minimum wage decrease the labor cost The aim of this study is to analyze ...
Should financial incentives on low skilled jobs favour labour supply or labour demand ? We use dyna...
The Payroll Tax Subsidies in France. The Efficient Employment Productivity Trade-off In this paper, ...
Since 1995, French governments implemented a specific strategy aiming at lowering unemployment or in...
The paper analyzes the mechanisms by which policies aiming at downsizing the labour force (like earl...
Changes in the Structure of the Labour Force: Wage and Unemployment Implications by Etienne Wasmer ...
The neutrality of technical progress has been defined in the 30s in the framework of the macroeconom...
Effect of the New French “ Active Solidarity Income” (RSA) Benefit on Labour Market Equilibrium. Th...
The market position of less educated workers is weak and deteriorating, both in the US and in Europe...
From the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s, a number of OECD countries, particularly the US and th...
Lower hours of work, professionnal qualifications and unemployment. This paper analyses the conseq...
In France, the proportion of unskilled non‑manual jobs is higher today than forty years ago, especia...
The twin shocks of technological progress and economic globalisation particularly hit non-skilled wo...
The decline in demand for unskilled labor. An empirical analysis method and its application to franc...
Taxes, Social Security Contributions, Skills and Employment: A Study Using the "Julien" Computable G...
When the increases of the minimum wage decrease the labor cost The aim of this study is to analyze ...
Should financial incentives on low skilled jobs favour labour supply or labour demand ? We use dyna...
The Payroll Tax Subsidies in France. The Efficient Employment Productivity Trade-off In this paper, ...
Since 1995, French governments implemented a specific strategy aiming at lowering unemployment or in...
The paper analyzes the mechanisms by which policies aiming at downsizing the labour force (like earl...
Changes in the Structure of the Labour Force: Wage and Unemployment Implications by Etienne Wasmer ...
The neutrality of technical progress has been defined in the 30s in the framework of the macroeconom...
Effect of the New French “ Active Solidarity Income” (RSA) Benefit on Labour Market Equilibrium. Th...
The market position of less educated workers is weak and deteriorating, both in the US and in Europe...
From the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s, a number of OECD countries, particularly the US and th...