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I'll take an exception to that last sentence. A first study estimating the impact of the CNE, the existing measure for small companies, shows that net job creations appear to be minimal.

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360 000 CNE contracts have been signed in 6 months, and 120 000 of these are new job creations (according to Villepin himself!). Now at first glance, this may mean 0.2/3% less unemployment (120 000 jobs) ... but it also means 0.4/6% of the active population shifting from better contracts towards a CNE.

And I am inclined to believe that job creations during the first 6 months correspond either to companies that all this time have been eager to recruit, and who thus won't recruit as much during the next 6 months, or to new jobs due to new company creations (ie some small companies die and appear all the time, if at each new appearance we cound a "new job creation" ... it's easier to obtain such figures). Basically I don't believe that it's going to create a lot of new jobs, it'll only reduce the number of people with better contracts.

by Alex in Toulouse on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 08:05:25 AM EST

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