 The Major Transformations of the French Labour Market Since the Early 1960sOlivier Marchand and Claude Minni Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 2019, issue 510-511-512, 89-107 Abstract: [eng] This paper looks at the major changes in the French labour market since the 1960s. Over this period, the labour force has steadily increased, primarily owing to demo¬graphics (the post war baby boom). The labour force also saw increasing female employment, higher qualifications and a reduction in the length of working life at both ends. Three factors have driven changes in labour market trends in the last 50 years: economic globalisation, the emergence of ICT and development of automation, and the growth of the service economy, particularly financial services. For their part, employment policies have sought to “enrich” the employment content of growth. After the 1974 break in the growth trend, the interaction of labour supply and demand led to rising unemployment and increasing diversity in employ¬ment statuses. The growth of short term and very short term contracts, as well as arrange¬ments falling between salaried and non salaried employment, illustrate a significant increase in employment precariousness. JEL-codes: E23 E24 J11 J21 J23 J24 J26 J64 J80 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nse:ecosta:ecostat_2019_510t_8 DOI: 10.24187/ecostat.2019.510t.1989 Access Statistics for this article Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics is currently edited by Dominique Goux More articles in Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics from Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE) Contact information at EDIRC. |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.