Productivity profile of France
Organisations
Selected Publications
CNP: Dynamiques sectorielles et gains de productivité (2022), The role of human capital in the productivity slowdown in France (2021), Explorer les liens entre mixité et productivité dans les entreprises (2021), Quelle place pour les compétences dans l’entreprise? (2021), A new approach to skills mismatch (2021), The effects of the Covid-19 crisis on productivity and competitiveness (2021), Productivity and competitiveness: where does France stand in the Euro zone? (2019);
Banque de France: News from the Frontier: Increased Productivity Dispersion across Firms and Factor Reallocation (2021), Productivity Slowdown, Tax Havens and MNEs’ Intangibles: where is Measured Value Creation? (2021), The impact of ICTs and digitalization on productivity and labor share: Evidence from French firms (2020);
Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE): Lien entre diplôme des salariés et productivité des entreprises − Les entreprises en France (2023) in French, Commentaire – Télétravail et productivité trois ans après les débuts de la pandémie − Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics (2023), Éclairage - Les évolutions récentes de la productivité du travail dans les quatre principales économies de la zone euro : une décomposition par branche d’activité − Refroidissement (2022) in French, La situation de l’appareil productif français avant la crise sanitaire de la Covid‑19 (2021) in French, La productivité en France de 2000 à 2015 : poursuite du ralentissement et hausse modérée de la dispersion entre entreprises (2019) in French;
OECD: OECD Economic Surveys: France (multiple), Economic Policy Reforms 2023: Going for Growth - France.
Data
Note: Annual change of the ratio of potential real GDP per potential person employed.
Source: Calculation of the GFP based on OECD Economic Outlook data.
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Latest OECD Recommendations
Promote the qualification of the labour force through continuing to improve equity and quality of initial education…
- By continuing to reduce class size for other grades in disadvantaged neighbourhoods;
- By promoting innovative practices in teacher training to meet the different needs of pupils;
- By continuing to increase universities’ autonomy over their programmes and human resource policies, while taking into account their public service function.
Ensure a dynamic and well-functioning labour market:
- Foster the inclusion of low-skilled workers and their productivity by strengthening the quality assurance and guidance systems for lifelong learning.
- Spur productivity through enhanced competition by easing entry into a wider range of regulated professions (entry barriers and quotas).