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Europe

France’s Labor Market

This week’s European Economic Experts Panel statements: A) Revising France’s labor market policies — by reducing employment protection, decentralizing labor negotiations to the firm level, and making training programs more accessible and responsive to labor demands — would, all else equal, increase productivity in France’s economy. B) Reducing employment protection would reduce the equilibrium unemployment rate in France.
Europe

Migration Within Europe

This week's IGM European Economics Experts Panel statements: A) Freer movement of people to live and work across borders within Europe has made the average western European citizen better off since the 1980s. B) Freer movement of people to live and work across borders within Europe has made many low-skilled western European citizens worse off since the 1980s.