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Économie et Statistique - 321-322 - January 1999

  • The New Evaluations of Goods and Services in the National Accounts

    Jean-Pierre Berthier

    In keeping with other European countries, the French national accounts this year started using the new European national accounting system, the ESA 95. Although this new «95 base» does not radically c...

  • Institutional Sector Accounts: from the 80 Base to the 95 Base

    Virginie Madelin

    The French national accounts have adopted the 1995 European System of Accounts (ESA 95). This European harmonisation has entailed a number of changes. The classification of certain units in the indust...

  • Voluntary and Involuntary Part-Time Workers

    Bénédicte Galtier

    Part-time working corresponds to vastly different individual situations. In addition to women working part-time while their children are in school, there are women working short hours in jobs that are...

  • Is Part-Time Work a Bridge to Full-Time Work?

    Bénédicte Galtier

    Some part-time workers would like to work more, while others would not. The latter have chosen (or accepted) their working hours while the former have had no choice. Although the paths of employees wh...

  • A Couple's Working Hours

    Jean-David Fermanian, Sylvie Lagarde

    Working hours depend a great deal on individual characteristics, especially sex and socio-economic group, but also the characteristics of the family and the spouse. Among full-time wage-earning couple...

  • Atypical Working Patterns

    Pierre Boisard et Jean-David Fermanian

    It is still the norm to work a set seven to eight hours a day from Monday to Friday over the year. In 1995, however, three in ten workers had a different working pattern: irregular working days and ho...

  • Can Working a Limited Number of Hours Reduce Unemployment?

    Pierre Granier et Xavier Joutard

    The growing diversity of employment forms and changes in the rules on how job seekers are handled have created a grey area between employment and unemployment. In particular, job seekers signed on wit...

  • Employee Opinions on Reducing their Working Week

    Emmanuelle Crenner

    Although the vast majority of full-time employees would prefer to work less, half of them would only do so for the same wage. Employee opinions of a reduction in their working week depend a great deal...

  • A Shorter Across-the-Board or Individual Working Week: What Do Employees Want?

    Jean-David Fermanian, Bénédicte Galtier et Sylvie Lagarde

    In March 1995, less than one-quarter of all full-time employees were prepared to cut their working week and wages proportionally. The most well-off, the most highly qualified and women, particularly w...