The annual ADRES conference co-organised by EDHEC Business School and the Université du Maine took place last month at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris. This event, which aimed to underline the differences between the job markets in Europe and the United States, saw over 160 attendees from Europe, Africa and the US come to discover the latest scientific research in the area.

The research papers presented underlined notably the consequences of institutional differences (unemployment benefit, job market and real estate regulations...) on the employment situation on both sides of the Atlantic. These elements highlighted in particular the difficulties encountered in France by young people and senior workers.

Among the participants who came to present their research were Olivier Blanchard from MIT, Edward Prescott, Nobel laureate 2004 and Richard Rogerson, co-editor of the American Economic Review, from the University of Arizona and Robert Shimer, editor of the Journal of Political Economy, from the University of Chicago. Antoine Magnier, director of DARES, and Selma Mahfouz of the DGTPE presented the current French job market situation and its recent development following government reforms and conducted a round-table debate with researchers.