L’influence des accidents de la route sur les trajectoires professionnelles des personnels en fin de carrière, à partir de la cohorte Gazel

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the short and medium terms impact of road accidents on the career of French electricity board employees (EDF-GDF), with special emphasis on end of professional life years, based on the Gazel cohort for the period 2002 to 2014. This study analyses the adaptation strategies developed by firms and victims, following such an exogenous shock. It sheds light on the ability of stakeholders to adjust, in case retirement age were to be changed, as currently envisaged, in particular for special schemes such as EDF-GDF. The Gazel database allows characterizing the different types of road accidents, and analyses their impact on the occupational trajectories towards the end of victims? careers. The econometric strategy relies on difference in differences method with propensity score matching. 4066 people were injured during the study period. Victims were older, from lower socio-economic groups, and were more likely males. The analysis shows that accidents with serious physical or material consequences lead to an earlier exit from the labor market. A requalifying mechanism, opening retirement rights, is likely to be at work to enable this earlier exit. Victims of material road accident seem to face fewer changes at the end of their careers. Classification JEL : J26, J24, J32, I10