OECD economic surveys France
This 2005 OECD Economic Survey of France focuses on three key challenges faced by France: making the fiscal system sustainable, improving labour market performance, and product market competition. The chapter on the fiscal system includes annexes on ageing and health care expenditure and reforms to...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Paris :
OECD
2005.
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| Colección: | OECD economic surveys,
v. 2005/10 (Sept. 2005) |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009704877606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of contents; Executive summary; Assessment and recommendations; Chapter 1. Key challenges facing France; Figure 1.1. Growth, unemployment, and the budget deficit; Table 1.1. Summary of short-term projections; Putting the fiscal system on a sound footing and reducing its negative effects on the economy; Improving the functioning of the labour market; Improving competition in product markets; References; Chapter 2. Making the fiscal system sustainable and more efficient; Achieving fiscal sustainability; Simplifying the tax system and reducing its negative effects on the economy; Notes
- ReferencesAnnex 2.A1. Ageing and healthcare expenditure - what connection?; Annex 2.A2. Recent reforms to the health care system; Annex 2.A3. Main characteristics and developments of the French tax system1; Chapter 3. Improving labour market performance; Box 3.1. Summary of recommendations to improve labour market performance; The development of the labour market over the past decade; The Labour Code, jurisprudence and administrative procedures provide high protection to workers; Legislation has significantly reduced hours worked
- Wage setting is constrained for wages close to the minimum wage but is relatively decentralized otherwiseLabour taxes have been cut for low-paid workers but labour cost at the level of the SMIC remains high; The unemployment benefit system has been reformed but inactivity traps remain; The labour market needs a global reform; Notes; References; Annex 3.A1. Evolution of the employment protection legislation; Annex 3.A2. Collective bargaining reform - April 2004; Chapter 4. Product market competition and economic performance; Macroeconomic performance and indicators of competition
- Figure 4.1. Changes in product market regulation1Competition law; Public ownership; Sector analysis; Macroeconomic effects of regulatory reform; Overall assessment and scope for further action; Notes; References; Annex 4.A1. The cable TV market in France
