The French food-processing model: High relative wages and high work intensity
Eve Caroli
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Jérôme Gautié
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Annie Lamanthe
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Résumé
The authors examine wages and working conditions in meat processing and confectionery in France. Working there may not require much skill, or command good wages and working conditions, but this article reveals a more complex, positive situation than expected, thanks to the "French model's" national minimum wage and the extension of collective wage agreements to all workers in the sector. But pressures to lower labour costs are still felt, and the firms examined must meet pressures to increase productivity, flexibility and automation. Moreover, retail chains also seek to lower prices and impose just-in-time production.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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The French food-processing model: High relative wages and high work intensity
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Résumé |
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The authors examine wages and working conditions in meat processing and confectionery in France. Working there may not require much skill, or command good wages and working conditions, but this article reveals a more complex, positive situation than expected, thanks to the "French model's" national minimum wage and the extension of collective wage agreements to all workers in the sector. But pressures to lower labour costs are still felt, and the firms examined must meet pressures to increase productivity, flexibility and automation. Moreover, retail chains also seek to lower prices and impose just-in-time production.
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Auteur(s) |
Eve Caroli
1, 2, 3
, Jérôme Gautié
4
, Annie Lamanthe
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1
EconomiX -
EconomiX
( 2564 )
- Bâtiment G
200 Avenue de la République
92001 NANTERRE CEDEX
- France
2
PJSE -
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 1312 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
4
CES -
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 15080 )
- Maison des Sciences Économiques - 106-112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital - 75647 Paris Cedex 13
- France
5
LEST -
Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail
( 839 )
- 35 Avenue Jules Ferry - 13626 Aix en Provence cedex 1
- France
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de production/écriture |
2008-12
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2009-12
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Volume |
148
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Numéro |
4
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Page/Identifiant |
375-394
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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Mots-clés |
en
food processing, low wage : temporary contracts, flexibility, working conditions, work intensity
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DOI | 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2009.00069.x |
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