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The French social protection system in the throes of reform (1975-2007)

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  • Jean-Claude Barbier

    (Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne)

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The French system of social protection, contrary to many simplistic accounts, has undergone quite a great number of reforms in the past 30 years. This were very differentiated across sectors but also appear as linked to the business cycle. The French system, in its present developments does not manifest a too simplistic "path-dependency", because of its hybrid character: it is not easy to insert it into the traditional tripartition of welfare regimes, and, precisely because of this hybrid nature, the current developments can be explained in terms of the "imprint" of past history, which has perhaps always been hybrid. This text is a follow-up to the book written with Bruno Th ret, Le nouveau syst me fran ais de protection sociale (Editions La D couverte)

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  • Jean-Claude Barbier, 2007. "The French social protection system in the throes of reform (1975-2007)," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne r07048, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne.
    • Handle: RePEc:mse:cesdoc:r07048
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    Keywords

    France; social protection; welfare state;
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    JEL classification:

    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions

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