Reforming Employment Protection Legislation In France

Author : Ms. Jian-Ping Zhou
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451994407

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Reforming Employment Protection Legislation in France (EPub) by Ms. Jian-Ping Zhou Pdf

Over the last 15 years, the reforms of employment protection legislation (EPL) in European countries have mainly eased hiring and firing restrictions for temporary employment while leaving the strict EPL provisions for regular or permanent contracts unchanged. Recent reforms in France follow this pattern. Using a search-matching model, we argue that this type of partial reform is inefficient: easing restrictions on temporary jobs fosters both job creation and job destruction, but strict EPL discourages both. The overall impact on equilibrium unemployment is thus ambiguous, depending on the characteristics of the specific labor market. Simulations of the model, calibrated for the French labor market, suggest that the job destruction effect is stronger, thus raising the unemployment rate.

Author : Jian-Ping Zhou
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822034373910

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Reforming Employment Protection Legislation in France by Jian-Ping Zhou Pdf

Over the last 15 years, the reforms of employment protection legislation (EPL) in European countries have mainly eased hiring and firing restrictions for temporary employment while leaving the strict EPL provisions for regular or permanent contracts unchanged. Recent reforms in France follow this pattern. Using a search-matching model, we argue that this type of partial reform is inefficient: easing restrictions on temporary jobs fosters both job creation and job destruction, but strict EPL discourages both. The overall impact on equilibrium unemployment is thus ambiguous, depending on the characteristics of the specific labor market. Simulations of the model, calibrated for the French labor market, suggest that the job destruction effect is stronger, thus raising the unemployment rate.

Author : Pierre Cahuc,Stéphane Carcillo
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822034756924

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The Shortcomings of a Partial Release of Employment Protection Laws by Pierre Cahuc,Stéphane Carcillo Pdf

This paper proposes an ex ante evaluation of the effects of new labor contracts such as the "Contrat Nouvelle Embauche" (CNE) introduced in France in 2005. The lessons we draw are of sufficiently general interest to be applicable to other countries or reforms of employment protection laws. Using a model that captures the characteristics of the French labor market, we simulate the effects of this reform on unemployment, employment, and welfare. We estimate that the CNE will lead to the creation of 70,000 additional jobs in the long run, but at the cost of a slight deterioration in welfare.

Author : Susan Hardie
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781789019322

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Essentials of French Employment Law by Susan Hardie Pdf

The book is written in English and sets out the basics of French employment law. It includes recent reforms brought in by President Macron many of which were published in the Code du travail (French employment law Code) on 3 January 2018. There are comprehensive references throughout to the articles of the French Code du travail

Author : Aart De Geus,Eric Thode,Christiane Weidenfeld
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783110365108

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Europe Reforms Labour Markets by Aart De Geus,Eric Thode,Christiane Weidenfeld Pdf

Focusing on the perspectives of policy-makers, the book's purpose is to closely examine the factors that make for successful/unsuccessful labor market related policy reforms. The aim is to reveal the political aspects, namely the chances, challenges and impediments to designing labor market reforms and to establish the conditions under which successful labor market reforms can be advocated, adopted and implemented (process). The work includes exclusive interviews with twelve former European prime ministers about the labour market reforms they initiated in their respective countries: Wolfgang Schüssel Anders Fogh Rasmussen Andrus Ansip François Fillon Gerhard Schröder Georgios Papandreou Mario Monti Jan Peter Balkenende Jerzy Buzek Iveta Radicová Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Tony Blair

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264269576

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Labour Market Reforms in Portugal 2011-15 A Preliminary Assessment by OECD Pdf

This report evaluates the comprehensive labour market reforms undertaken in Portugal in 2011-15. It reviews reforms in employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits, activation, collective bargaining, minimum wages and working time, and assesses the available evidence on their impact.

Author : Olivier J. Blanchard,Augustin Landier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Economics
ISBN : OCLC:248541204

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The Perverse Effects of Partial Labor Market Reform by Olivier J. Blanchard,Augustin Landier Pdf

Rather than decrease firing costs across the board, a number of European countries have allowed firms to hire workers on fixed-duration contracts. At the end of a given duration, these contracts can be terminated at little or no cost. If workers are kept on however, the contracts become subject to regular firing costs. We argue in this paper that the effects of such a partial reform of employment protection may be perverse. The main effect may be high turnover in fixed-duration jobs, leading in turn to higher, not lower, unemployment. And, even if unemployment comes down, workers may actually be worse off, going through many spells of unemployment and fixed duration jobs, before obtaining a regular job. Looking at French data for young workers since the early 1980s, we conclude that the reforms have substantially increased turnover, without a substantial reduction in unemployment duration. If anything, their effect on welfare of young workers appears to have been negative

Author : Jennifer L. L. Gant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Bankruptcy
ISBN : 9462367558

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Balancing the Protection of Business and Employment in Insolvency by Jennifer L. L. Gant Pdf

Following the economic shocks of 2007/08 a spotlight has been thrown on how best to support effective business rescue and employment protection. However, business rescue and employment protection often tend to conflict in law and policy. Employees attached to the sale of a business often represent a liability by reducing the business's intrinsic value and deterring business acquisitions in view employment liabilities that transfer by operation of the Acquired Rights Directive. As such, a balance must be sought between the conflicting policy objectives of business rescue and employment protection. This book presents an investigation based on a comparative legal historical analysis of the approaches taken to balancing employment protection and business rescue in the United Kingdom and France, chosen due to their legal and political influence in the EU and their archetypically different legal systems. This approach is useful as a background to future reform efforts as it explains how particular jurisdictions might receive and then implement such reforms given the underlying aims of business rescue and employment protection policies. (Series: European and International Insolvency Law Studies, Vol. 4) [Subject: Commercial Law, Labor Law]

Author : Sophie Stijns,Sanne Jansen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Contracts
ISBN : 1780684193

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The French Contract Law Reform by Sophie Stijns,Sanne Jansen Pdf

This book results from the Contract Law Workshop of the 20th Ius Commune Conference held 26-27 November 2015. The theme of this Workshop was: The French Contract Law Reform: a Source of Inspiration? Since the conference in November 2015, all authors have incorporated comments on the final version of the ordonnance.

Author : Amine, Samir
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781522541356

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Employment Protection Legislation in Emerging Economies by Amine, Samir Pdf

New developments in legislation have increased the availability of employment. These advances result in long-term improvement of economic and sustainable development. Employment Protection Legislation in Emerging Economies is a critical scholarly resource that examines legislation relating to employment protection in developing economies and its impacts on unemployment, job creation, productivity, and the efficiency of the labor market. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics, such as labor reform, job creation, and the social protection agenda, this book is geared towards academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on legislation relating to employment protection.

Author : Robert Holzmann,Milan Vodopivec
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821388518

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Reforming Severance Pay by Robert Holzmann,Milan Vodopivec Pdf

Termination pay includes severance, mass redundancy, or end-of-service pay and is widely used as income protection for the unemployed. This book reviews such arrangements wordwide, analyzing their performance and recent reform trends to improve efficiency and redistributive impact.

Author : Olivier L'Haridon,Franck Malherbet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:778166300

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Employment Protection Reform in Search Economies by Olivier L'Haridon,Franck Malherbet Pdf

Author : Gabriele Ciminelli,Mr.Romain A Duval,Davide Furceri
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484373729

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Employment Protection Deregulation and Labor Shares in Advanced Economies by Gabriele Ciminelli,Mr.Romain A Duval,Davide Furceri Pdf

Labor market deregulation, intended to boost productivity and employment, is one plausible, yet little studied, driver of the decline in labor shares that took place across most advanced economies since the early 1990s. This paper assesses the impact of job protection deregulation in a sample of 26 advanced economies over the period 1970-2015, using a newly constructed dataset of major reforms to employment protection legislation for regular contracts. We apply the local projection method to estimate the dynamic response of the labor share to our reform events at both the country and the country-industry levels. For the latter, we employ a differences-in-differences identification strategy using two identifying assumptions grounded in theory—namely that job protection deregulation should have larger negative effects in industries characterized by (i) a higher “natural” propensity to adjust the workforce, and (ii) a lower elasticity of substitution between capital and labor. We find a statistically significant, economically large and robust negative effect of deregulation on the labor share. In particular, illustrative back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that job protection deregulation may have contributed about 15 percent to the average labor share decline in advanced economies. Together with existing evidence regarding the macroeconomic gains from job protection and other labor market reforms, our results also point to the need for policymakers to address efficiency-equity trade-offs when designing such reforms.

Author : Giuliano Bonoli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351923743

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Labour Market and Social Protection Reforms in International Perspective by Giuliano Bonoli Pdf

Social protection systems and labour markets have undergone major changes in the past two decades. Welfare states are being reformed, scaled back and modernised; labour markets, at the same time, are more precarious, more feminised, more unequal, and throughout the OECD area, older. The interaction between labour markets and social protection has become increasingly crucial to the social and economic policy mix concerning unemployment, the transformation of work, the new poverty, and even demographics. Against this background, an interdisciplinary team of leading labour market and social protection experts from various OECD countries examine the multifaceted aspects of the changing relationship between social protection systems and labour markets. They identify and analyse key emerging issues, such as the link between employment and social protection financing, the adaptation of social protection systems to women's career patterns, and the development of new forms of social protection that aim at promoting employment. With practical policy guides and recommendations using case studies and comparative chapters, this will be engaging reading for policy-makers, social actors and academics alike.

Author : Eberhard Eichenhofer
Publisher : Nomos/Hart
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 1509900241

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The Law of the Activating Welfare State by Eberhard Eichenhofer Pdf

The most profound reform of social policy in Germany during the last decade was the labour market reforms 2003/4. It was initiated by a reform commission chaired by Peter Hartz (Volkswagen) and its motifs and results are still controversial today. This book identifies these reforms by illustrating the international and European context. It unveils parallel developments in the Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom and France, and shows to which extent the German reform had been driven and enhanced by the European Employment Strategy. The study does not focus on the details of the reform but its new elements: case, management, conditional social benefits, obligations to cooperate and sanctions. It shows that its leitmotif is not neoliberal but communitarian.