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Post n°243

Health crisis: how to reduce youth unemployment?

Published on 12/06/2021

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By Jérémie Dubois

2nd prize of 2021 Eco Notepad competition for students
The economic shock triggered by the health crisis has significantly reduced the hiring of young people. Thanks to business support measures, the employment rate of the under-26s has been raised, but it remains low by international standards. We propose a second, complementary approach, aimed at limiting the labour supply of young people by encouraging them to further their education.

Chart 1: Pre-employment declarations for the under-26s, permanent and fixed-term contracts of over 3 months.
Chart 1: Pre-employment declarations for the under-26s, permanent and fixed-term contracts of over 3 months. Source: Chart from Dares, based on Acoss data on pre-employment declarations; Note: gross data adjusted for latecomers, ended at 30/04/2021
Updated on 12/07/2021 11:10
Post n°242

The Covid-19 crisis and the risk of a sacrificed generation

Published on 12/06/2021

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By Jean-Baptiste Lézat-Eiffel

1st prize of 2021 Eco Notepad competition for students
While young people are the age group least affected by the virus, they are among the worst affected by the economic consequences of the crisis. Financial support schemes for young people need to be simplified to make them more accessible. They also need to be directed more towards measures that foster autonomy and professional integration.

Chart 1: Employment/educational status of young people, by age (annual average for the period 2015-19)
Chart 1: Employment/educational status of young people, by age (annual average for the period 2015-19) Source: INSEE Labour Force Surveys, 2015 to 2019. Scope: France excluding Mayotte, individuals living in ordinary accommodation.
Updated on 12/07/2021 11:04

Eco Notepad: four years to reach the age of reason!

Published on 01/07/2021

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Eco Notepad celebrated its fourth birthday in December 2020: we’ve published nearly 200 posts in English and French and our readership keeps on growing! 2020 was a reminder of just how important it is to have rapidly available, relevant information in order to make sense of economic events as they happen.

Updated on 01/07/2021 14:53
Post n°191

What if one solution was to empty your neighbours' waste bin?

Published on 12/08/2020

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Second prize-winning blog in the 2020 Eco Notepad Challenge - By Eugenie Ribault

The lack of waste management remains as harmful to the environment as civil aviation or merchant shipping. Financing these sectors, particularly in developing countries, remains complex: waste recovery is not profitable. How can these difficulties be overcome? What are the long-term benefits, locally and for the planet? This post explores some avenues including alcohol and tobacco taxes as a source of transitional funding.

Source: © Kelly Lacy, Bangladesh, 2015
Updated on 12/08/2020 10:02
Post n°163

International cooperation in times of Covid 19: less disappointing than it appears

Published on 05/27/2020

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By Bruno Cabrillac

A pandemic is the type of challenges that can only be overcome by global action. Despite a pre-crisis context fraught with geopolitical and trade tensions, this necessary international coordination has been achieved in the economic field. However, the post-crisis phase will exacerbate conflicts of interest and constitute a "stress test" for multilateralism.

Chart 1. Measures taken by governments in response to the Covid 19 crisis (as a % of G20+ countries)
Chart 1. Measures taken by governments in response to the Covid 19 crisis (as a % of G20+ countries) Source: IMF, April 2020.
Updated on 05/27/2020 16:17
Post n°146

A blog for discerning and demanding readers

Published on 12/27/2019

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By Patrick Branthomme and Véronique Genre

Three years after the launch of Eco Notepad, a survey has been conducted among its readers to get to know them better and to refine the thematic choices in the coming year. This is an opportunity to present the results and to thank all those who accepted to take part in this satisfaction survey.

Updated on 02/14/2020 16:09
Post n°138

Objectives and instruments of the Banque de France’s research patronage

Published on 10/17/2019

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By S. Avouyi-Dovi and G. Horny

The Banque de France conducts a research patronage policy through partnerships and the action of its Foundation. The partnerships are collaborations with French research institutions, while the Foundation promotes research work by awarding grants and various prizes to researchers in France and abroad. What does the Banque de France’s research patronage consist in?

Updated on 02/13/2020 15:41
Post n°124

Citéco, first European museum for economic education

Published on 07/19/2019

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By Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn, Chairman of the Citéco Scientific Council

“Cité de l’économie”, Citéco, is the new Parisian interactive museum for economic education: the first of its kind in Europe! Citéco is housed in Hôtel Gaillard, a private mansion built in the 19th century and then bought by the Banque de France (hereafter BDF). The BDF financed the restoration and adaptation to the general public of this historic monument. Citéco now offers up to twelve hours of visits with about 50 entertaining videos and 25 educational games (see Picture 1).

Picture 1: Educational games in the historical ballroom
Picture 1: Educational games in the historical ballroom Source: The author
Updated on 02/11/2020 10:52
Post n°107

The economic impact of gender inequalities

Published on 03/08/2019

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By Giulia Sestieri and Soledad Zignago

To mark International Women’s Day, the Banque de France organised a roundtable on 7 March on the economic impact of gender inequalities, with the participation of Sylvie Goulard, Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, Isabelle Hudon, Ambassador of Canada in France, and Peter Praet, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. This post echoes these discussions, and concludes that there is urgency to act at all levels.

Updated on 02/14/2020 09:31
Post n°51

Economics: where are the women?

Published on 03/07/2018

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Anne Boring and Soledad Zignago

In 2017, several studies revived the debate in the United States on the place of female economists in the profession and on the barriers to progress that had to be lifted. In most countries, women are poorly represented in all fields of economics (19% on average worldwide) and the situation is stagnating over time. However, significant differences exist between countries. In France, for example, women are a little more present, particularly among assistant professors.

Map 1: Proportion of female economists by country Source: Female representation in Economics, RePEc, January 2018.
Updated on 02/20/2020 16:54