01743cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF016953 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498359917 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. European Dept. France : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (68 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper examines the causes and potential remedies for structural unemployment in France. Structural unemployment in France has long been elevated, and appears to have edged up further since the crisis. This reflects both demand and supply factors, including: high labor taxes, wage stickiness, a growing skill gap, hysteresis effects from the crisis years, a lengthy period of elevated economic uncertainty, inactivity traps created by the unemployment and welfare benefit systems, and demographic factors that have pushed up the labor force. The cyclical recovery is projected to bring down the unemployment rate only slowly. Reducing labor tax wedges can increase both output and employment. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2016/228 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2016/228/002.2016.issue-228-en.xml IMF e-Library