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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820341503321

Autore

Cahuc Pierre

Titolo

The shortcomings of a partial release of employment protection laws : the case of the 2005 French reform / / prepared by Pierre Cahuc and Stephane Carcillo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept., 2006

ISBN

1-4623-7299-6

1-4527-4004-6

1-282-39163-1

9786613820068

1-4519-1014-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (42 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/06/301

Altri autori (Persone)

CarcilloStephane

Soggetti

Labor contract - France

Job creation - France

Labor laws and legislation - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"December 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-40).

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Regulatory Changes Brought About by the Introduction of the CNE""; ""III. Modeling the Labor Force Under Different Types of Contracts""; ""IV. Evaluating the Impact of the New Labor Contracts""; ""V. Conclusion: The Advantages of a Single Labor Contract?""; ""Appendix: The Model""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

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.