Welfare Regimes, Cohorts and the Middle Classes

in Gornick, Janet C.; Jäntti, Markus (Eds.) Income Inequality : Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries (2013)

La dynamique de la stratification sociale

in Castel, Robert; Chauvel, Louis (Eds.) Les mutations de la société française : les grandes questions économiques et sociales (2013)

Specificity and Consistency of Cohort Effects: The APCD Model Applied to Generational Inequalities, France-United States, 1985-2010

in Revue Française de Sociologie (2013), 54(4), 663-703

By returning to the theoretical sources of the generational question, the importance of two central concepts, specificity and consistency of cohort effects, is emphasized and gives rise to a new APC-D ... [more ▼]

By returning to the theoretical sources of the generational question, the importance of two central concepts, specificity and consistency of cohort effects, is emphasized and gives rise to a new APC-D model and a hysteresis test designed to identify long-term cohort effects: a scarring effect, or cohortal scar. A Franco-American comparison of living standards is developed by using cohort data from 1985 to 2010 from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) and Statistics on Income and Living Conditions–Eurostat (EU-SILC). In France, net generational inequalities (taking account of demographic and educational contexts, in particular) are of the same magnitude as the inequalities linked to immigrant status; the beneficiaries being cohorts born around the year 1950. This phenomenon is not declining in intensity with time. The dynamic within the USA is its antithesis, which can be explained by differences in French and American welfare regimes. France is thus marked by deep intergenerational inequalities. [less ▲]

Les raisons de la peur: Les classes moyennes sont-elles protégées de la crise ?

in Revue de l'OFCE: Observations et Diagnostics Economiques (2012), 18

The Long-Term Destabilization of Youth, Scarring Effects and the Future of the Welfare Regime in Post-Trente Glorieuse France

in French Politics, Culture and Society (2010), 23

"Youth" was once defined as the 15 to 24 year old age group. Today in France one sees a "first youth" (dependent on family and school) and a "second youth" in their twenties sharply divided between a ... [more ▼]

"Youth" was once defined as the 15 to 24 year old age group. Today in France one sees a "first youth" (dependent on family and school) and a "second youth" in their twenties sharply divided between a successful elite with top degrees (or family wealth) and a highly marginalized workingclass. Between these extremes, a middle group often experiences frustration and anomie when their university degrees fail to launch the careers they desired. A "third youth" of thirty-somethings has also emerged still dependent on their families and the state. The French corporatist welfare regime, moreover, makes women, immigrants, and the young structural outsiders who must compete harder than Caucasian middle-aged men for jobs. Setbacks early in life in the labor market have long-term consequences (scarring effects) both for individuals and for the birth cohort as a whole. The political consequences are difficult to forecast, but much of the recent political volatility in France can be traced to these generational dynamics and failure to integrate youth since the late 1970s. [less ▲]

Comparing welfare regime changes: Living standards and the unequal life chances different birth cohorts

in Tremmel, J.C. (Ed.) A young generation under pressure ? The financial situation and the "rush hour"of the cohort 1970-1985 in a generational comparison (2010)

Overeducation and Social Generations in France: Welfare Regimes and Inter-cohort Inequalities in Returns to Education

in Attewel, P.; Newman, K.S. (Eds.) Growing Gaps: Educational Inequality Around the World (2010)

Comment définir les victimes du changement social cohortal ?

in Regards Croisés sur l'Economie (2010), 7

La déveine d’une génération lorsqu’elle a vingt ans la contraint à un mauvais départ qui engendre à son tour des situations plus difficiles ne lui permettant jamais de rattraper les difficultés initia-les ... [more ▼]

La déveine d’une génération lorsqu’elle a vingt ans la contraint à un mauvais départ qui engendre à son tour des situations plus difficiles ne lui permettant jamais de rattraper les difficultés initia-les. La diffusion des diplômes a considérablement augmenté les aspirations, mais les réalités objectives vécues par les nouvelles générations sont celles d’une stagnation économique et d’un risque de déclassement social et scolaire. Faut-il s’interroger sur le silence face à la souffrance des jeunes, dès lors que la représentation nationale, naguère intergénérationnelle, ne représente plus qu’une génération qui fut jeune voilà quarante ans, dans un monde bien différent du nôtre ? Des années 1980 jusqu’à nos jours, le taux de suicide au milieu de la vie adulte a plus que doublé, alors que celui des seniors a connu une forte diminution. [less ▲]

La Globalcity et ses critiques.Tensions dans l'espace urbain et divisions des classes moyennes

in Damon, J. (Ed.) Vire en ville (2009)