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The transformations of the French labor market, 2000–2021

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  • Philippe Askenazy

    (CNRS-Centre Maurice Halbwachs, and ENS, France, and IZA, Germany)

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France has the second largest population of countries in the EU. Since 2000, the French labor market has undergone substantial changes resulting from striking trends, some of which were catalyzed by the Great Recession and the Covid-19 crisis. The most interesting of these changes have been the massive improvement in the education of the labor force (especially of women), the resilience of employment during recessions, and the dramatic emergence of very-short-term employment contracts (less than a week) and low-income independent contractors, which together have fueled earnings inequality.

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  • Philippe Askenazy, 2022. "The transformations of the French labor market, 2000–2021," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 412-412, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:2022:n:412
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    Keywords

    education; unemployment; short-term jobs; independent contractors; inequality; France;
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    JEL classification:

    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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