Published on VOX, CEPR Policy Portal (https://voxeu.org)

Home > France's broken social elevator

France's broken social elevator

Laurence Boone [1] interviewed by Tim Phillips [2], 26 July 2019

France has surprisingly low social mobility. OECD chief economist Laurence Boone tells Tim Phillips why this is the case, how the problem fuels the gilets jaunes protests, and what can be done about it.

[3]

a

A

Related

  • France, inequality, and the social elevator [4]
    Laurence Boone, Antoine Goujard
  • Populism in France [5]
    Daniel Cohen
  • Trends in mortality inequality in the US and France [6]
    Janet Currie, Hannes Schwandt, Josselin Thuilliez
  • Intergenerational mobility and preferences for redistribution [7]
    Alberto Alesina, Stefanie Stantcheva, Edoardo Teso
  • Accounting for the ethnic unemployment gap in France and the US [8]
    Laurent Gobillon, Peter Rupert, Étienne Wasmer

Topics:  Europe's nations and regions [9] Politics and economics [10] Poverty and income inequality [11]

Tags:  France [12], income inequality [13], yellow vests [14], education [15]


Source URL: https://voxeu.org/vox-talks/frances-broken-social-elevator?qt-quicktabs_cepr_policy_research=1

Links
[1] https://voxeu.org/user/222391
[2] https://voxeu.org/user/250023
[3] itpc://www.voxeu.org/rss.php?q=itunes_podcast
[4] https://voxeu.org/article/france-inequality-and-social-elevator
[5] https://voxeu.org/vox-talks/populism-france
[6] https://voxeu.org/article/trends-mortality-inequality-us-and-france
[7] https://voxeu.org/article/intergenerational-mobility-and-preferences-redistribution
[8] https://voxeu.org/article/accounting-ethnic-unemployment-gap-france-and-us
[9] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/europes-nations-and-regions
[10] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/politics-and-economics
[11] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/poverty-and-income-inequality
[12] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/80
[13] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/149
[14] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/9800
[15] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/50