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Europe > France > Labor

Agricultural workers > Female 1% [71st of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 2% [75th of 78]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 22.08 % Time series [37th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 174170000000 Time series
Days off work 117 days [7th of 20]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 9.45 [168th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 58.85 [162nd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 88.83 [36th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 89.52 [48th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 89.12 [54th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 89.51 [50th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 85.4 [63rd of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 78.35 [71st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 54.66 [116th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 16.08 [159th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 1.52 [161st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 12.15 [163rd of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 62.2 [167th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 93.6 [126th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 96.49 [127th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 97.01 [117th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 96.85 [94th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 95.73 [87th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 89.14 [131st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 65.21 [154th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 17.81 [162nd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 2.07 [159th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 6.62 [159th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 55.36 [115th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 83.89 [32nd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 82.46 [46th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 81.34 [53rd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 82.31 [51st of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 75.2 [59th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 67.59 [64th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 44.31 [76th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 14.47 [123rd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 1.15 [159th of 167]
employment rate > Source / date of > information 2003 OECD .
Employment rate of highly educated women 83.1% [11th of 18]
Employment rate of lesser educated women 56.5% [9th of 18]
Female doctors 34.6% [7th of 18]
Female economic activity 48.5% [92nd of 156]
Female economic activity growth 6% [61st of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 31.8 weeks of wages Time series [98th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 62.44 % Time series [67th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 73.5 % Time series [162nd of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 67.96 % Time series [109th of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 26.9 % Time series [16th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 46.9 % Time series [18th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 26.2 % Time series [14th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 45.94 % Time series [52nd of 184]
force, total 27,098,340 Time series [20th of 184]
Foreign labor force 6 [9th of 23]
Hours worked 1,453 hours [8th of 9]
Industrial workers > Female 13% [46th of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 35% [26th of 79]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 4.1%, industry 24.4%, services 71.5%
Long term unemployment 3.8% [10th of 27]
Long term unemployment > Share 37.6% [13th of 28]
Long-term unemployment > % of total unemployment 42.9 % Time series [9th of 48]
Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment 42.8 % Time series [10th of 46]
Long-term unemployment, male > % of male unemployment 43.1 % Time series [9th of 46]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date July 13, 1990
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 16 [33rd of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave
16 weeks (100%) rising to 26 weeks (100%) for third child
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave 2 weeks
Parental leave > Unpaid maternity leave
Share of 104 weeks (2 years) with father
Parental leave > Unpaid paternity leave
Share of 104 weeks (2 years) with mother
Regulation 50 [77th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 61 [87th of 123]
Regulation > Firing 26 [90th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 63 [28th of 123]
Researchers in labor force 61 per 10000 people [7th of 18]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date October 26, 1951
Rigidity of employment index 56 Time series [31st of 166]
Seafarers' Pensions Convention > Ratification Date December 9, 1948
Service workers > Female 86% [14th of 79]
Service workers > Male 63% [12th of 79]
Strikes 67 [10th of 27]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 2,878.3 per million people Time series [1st of 49]
Temporary employment share 14.5% [8th of 26]
Total work time > Females 391 minutes [27th of 29]
Total work time > Females over males 108% [17th of 29]
Total work time > Males 363 minutes [27th of 29]
Trade union membership 9% [18th of 18]
Unemployment 9.3% [3rd of 18]
Unemployment and education > Tertiary 5.1% [2nd of 18]
Unemployment and education > Upper secondary 7.9% [2nd of 18]
Unemployment benefit as % of GDP 1.8 % of GDP [6th of 18]
Unemployment benefit replacement 37 [6th of 20]
Unemployment gender ratio 140% [10th of 30]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 42.6 % Time series [27th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 37 % Time series [25th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 17.7 % Time series [14th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 17.7 % Time series [17th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 17.7 % Time series [11th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 11.1 % Time series [28th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 9 % Time series [26th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 9.9 % Time series [26th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 24.2 % Time series [20th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 21.6 % Time series [17th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 22.7 % Time series [18th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
5 weeks + 2 weeks of RTT (Reduction du Temps de Travail, in English : Reduction of Working Time) = 7 weeks. The most significant vacation time of any country in the world.
Work time > Market-oriented 46% [27th of 29]
Work Time > More than 40 hours 21.4% [16th of 18]
Work time > Non-market-oriented 54% [5th of 29]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 4,867,000,000 $ Time series [11th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 2.289 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [91st of 166]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 12,742,000,000 $ Time series [5th of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 5.992 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [107th of 165]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 561,653,100 BoP $ Time series [42nd of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.264 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [81st of 142]
Working mothers 59 [10th of 23]
Working time to buy a car 1,600 hours [4th of 16]
Working time to buy a refrigerator 36 hours [8th of 15]
Working time to buy a television set 22 hours [9th of 15]
Working time to buy beef 82 minutes [4th of 16]
Working time to buy bread 11 minutes [5th of 16]
Working time to buy chicken 32 minutes [4th of 16]
Working time to buy fish 73 minutes [4th of 15]
Working time to buy milk 6 minutes [4th of 16]
Workplace safety > Dangerous Countries to Work In the EU > Fatalities 318 [4th of 15]
Workplace safety in the EU > Fatalities 2.8 per 100,000 employees [7th of 15]
Youth unemployment 20.7% [7th of 30]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; OECD; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; Wikipedia: List of countries by employment rate ; OECD Employment Outlook 2002, p.74; OECD Health Data 2002 (CD ROM) available year for Australia, Japan = 1998; Denmark = 1995; 1980 figures for Canada and France are interpolated; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; OECD; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook. Paris; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference; OECD; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 ; Wikipedia: Seafarers' Pensions Convention, 1946 ; Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report; Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy; OECD Historical Statistics; OECD, Employment Outlook 2002 ; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002; World Health Organization; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation ; ILO, Key Indicators; International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002); Wikipedia: Workplace safety ;

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