This research was carried out in the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, under the leadership of Stefano Scarpetta (Director), Mark Pearson (Deputy Director), Stéphane Carcillo (Head of Jobs and Income) and Monika Queisser (Senior Counsellor and Head of Social Policy). The project was supervised by Valerie Frey (Senior Economist).
The report was written by Laurenz Baertsch, Ali Bargu and Valerie Frey. The authors thank the following colleagues for valuable statistical, publication and administrative support: Lyydia Alajääskö, Sandra Celso, Marie‑Aurélie Elkurd, Maja Gustaffson, Maxime Ladaique, Eva Rauser, and Hanna Varkki. The French Delegates to the OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee (Julie Gomis) and the OECD Working Party on Social Policy (Théodore Berut and Mickhaël Portela) provided critical support in advancing the project.
This report was funded by France Stratégie with the support of the Direction de la recherche, des études, de l’évaluation et des statistiques (DREES, Ministère de la Santé et de la Prévention), the École nationale de la sécurité sociale (EN3S) and the Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie (CNAM). Oversight was provided by the Haut Conseil du Financement de la Protection Sociale (HCFPS) of France, under the direction of Dominique Libault. Nathalie Guilhembet and Violette Facq supported the project on the part of HCFPS. France’s participation in the OECD Risks that Matter Survey was supported by DREES.
The authors are grateful for comments received at workshops hosted by the OECD Social Policy Division and the Haut conseil du Financement de la Protection Sociale of France. Chris Clarke, Théodore Berut, Wouter De Tavernier, Mathilde Didier, Jonas Fluchtmann, Raphaela Hyee, Maxime Ladaique, Maciej Lis, Marissa Plouin, Denis Raynaud, Jasmin Thomas, Sina Smid, and Marie‑Anne Valfort, in particular, provided valuable feedback. Monica Brezzi (OECD) and Volker Schmitt (German Social Insurance European Representation) also provided useful comments.